Archive of articles published on the 30th of June 2008

Heavy birthweight increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
Cellular self-eating promotes pancreatitis
A single mechanism for hypertension, insulin resistance and immune suppression
Metals shape up with a little help from friends
Salk researchers reprogram adult stem cells in their natural environment
More severe bone infections, health complications in children linked to MRSA, researchers find
Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns
Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach
Laka: 'Language exists in the brain'
Fortified cassava could provide a day's nutrition in a single meal
Silencing of molecular 'conversation' may help curb severe allergies
UK and US guidelines on kids' physical activity levels need rethinking
New technology may help Olympic sailing
Wake-up call to business: Tighten up on information security
An impossible coexistence: Transgenic and organic agriculture
Happiness is rising around the world: U-M study
Integrins as receptors give insight into rotavirus and diarrhea
China quake rare and unexpected, says new MIT study
Montreal Heart Institute and Mount Sinai Hospital researchers contribute to Crohn's disease study
Invisible waves shape continental slope
A bright future for plastics -- robot 'skin,' flexible laptops and electric posters
Southern farmers realize profits from highbush blueberries
Lasers, software and the Devil's Slide
From beach to backyard, caution can reduce firepit burns
New electrostatic-based DNA microarray technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics
Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists
The perils of overconfidence
Watermelon may have Viagra-effect
Experts examine challenges of split liver transplantation
Low levels of good cholesterol linked to memory loss, dementia risk
Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy
Population-based approach needed to reduce obesity in United States
To sing like Shakira, press '1' now
Research yields pricey chemicals from biodiesel waste
Unheard of life history for a vertebrate
Researchers link early stem cell mutation to autism
Migraine mutations reveal clues to biological basis of disorder
Researchers are first to simulate the binding of molecules to a protein
Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture's environmental impact
MIT researchers tug at molecules with optical tweezers
Wake up and smell the coffee
Researchers use supercomputer to track pathways in myoglobin
When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same
Multiple vaccinations have not caused ill health in UK soldiers in Iraq
Mother's diet may have long term impact on child's health, study suggests
Achieving top grades in science subjects more difficult, proves research
Bacterial resistance is futile against wound-cleaning laser
New map IDs the core of the human brain
Exploring the topography of the human brain
United States has highest level of illegal cocaine and cannabis use... and more
A mammalian clock protein responds directly to light
Despite frustrations, Americans are pretty darned happy
Fatty liver disease may raise heart disease risk in overweight, obese kids
Spray reduces pain in children undergoing intravenous procedures
Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom'
Penguins setting off sirens over health of world's oceans