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January 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

New Genetic Barcoding Technique Identifies Dozens of Targets for Cancer Drugs Jan. 31, 2008 DNA Technique Yields 3-D Crystalline Organization of Nanoparticles Jan. 30, 2008 Archaeologist 'strikes gold' with finds of ancient Nasca iron ore mine in Peru Jan. 29, 2008 Berkeley Scientists Bring MRI/NMR to Microreactors Jan. 28, 2008 Scientists Use Nanotechnology To Localize And Control Drug Delivery Jan. 24, 2008 Researchers Reveal HIV Peptide’s Possible Pathway Into the Cell Jan. 18, 2008 'Electrospray' Droplet Research Yields Surprising, Practical Results Jan. 07, 2008

New Light on Dark Energy Jan. 31, 2008 Linked Hawaiian Telescopes Catch a Nova Surprise Jan. 28, 2008 Cosmic Suburbia is a Better Breeding Ground for Stars Jan. 25, 2008 Giant Storm Eruption at Jupiter Unearths a Buried Past Jan. 24, 2008 The violent lives of galaxies: caught in the cosmic matter web Jan. 10, 2008 Hubble finds double Einstein ring Jan. 10, 2008

Baffin Island Ice Caps Shrink By 50 Percent Since 1950s, Says CU-Boulder Study Jan. 28, 2008 Environmental Pollution and Diabetes May Be Linked Jan. 25, 2008 UC Policy Report Says Chemical Exposures Cost State Estimated $2.6 Billion Jan. 17, 2008

New Decontamination System Kills Anthrax Rapidly Jan. 29, 2008 New Polymer Could Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing, Packaging Jan. 28, 2008 Sandia’s JESS® 7.1a3 rule engine selected by Lockheed Martin for Navy’s DDG 1000 destroyer ship Jan. 28, 2008 DOE Allocates NERSC Supercomputing Resources to Research Combustion, Climate Change, Energy, Accelerators Jan. 18, 2008

Boeing Completes First KC-767 Tanker Night Refueling Jan. 29, 2008

February 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Last Large Piece of ATLAS Detector Lowered Underground Feb. 29, 2008 Device Allows Scientists To Control Gene Activity Across Generations Of Cells Feb. 29, 2008 Sandia Weighs In On New Definition For Kilogram Feb. 27, 2008 Bacterial 'Battle For Survival' Leads To New Antibiotic Feb. 26, 2008 Malaria Parasites Power Through Cells on Their Way to Infection Feb. 25, 2008 Crystal Bells Stay Silent As Physicists Look For Dark Matter Feb. 25, 2008 All Eyes and Ears on the Corn Genome Feb. 25, 2008 Biochemists Reveal Details Of Mysterious Bacterial Microcompartments Feb. 21, 2008 New Devices Less Effective in Thwarting Brain Aneurysm Recurrence Feb. 21, 2008 Scientists Discover "Giant Fossil Frog from Hell" Feb. 18, 2008 Cocaine's Effects on Brain Metabolism May Contribute to Abuse Feb. 18, 2008 Fruit Flies Show Surprising Sophistication In Locating Food Sources Feb. 14, 2008 New Dinosaur From Mexico Offers Insights Into Ancient Life On West America Feb. 12, 2008 Scientists At UCLA Reprogram Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells Feb. 11, 2008 Researching the "Science Behind Sound" Feb. 07, 2008 Genome-Wide Survey Nets Key Melanoma Gene Feb. 07, 2008 Racing Ahead at the Speed of Light Feb. 06, 2008 For treating advanced Parkinson's, new research points to serotonin Feb. 05, 2008 DNA 'barcode' Identified For Plants Feb. 04, 2008 UCLA Study Offers New Hope In Fight Against Lung Cancer Feb. 01, 2008

Small 'helper' stars needed for massive star formation Feb. 27, 2008 Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky Feb. 26, 2008 Hubble discovers 67 gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe Feb. 19, 2008 SN 2007on in NGC 1404: Possible Progenitor of Special Supernova Type Detected Feb. 14, 2008 Hubble Finds Strong Contender For Galaxy Distance Record Feb. 12, 2008 Spitzer Catches Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of Dust Feb. 11, 2008 Light Echoes Whisper The Distance To A Star Feb. 11, 2008 Gargantuan Galaxy NGC 1132 – A Cosmic Fossil? Feb. 05, 2008

Two oxygenation events in ancient oceans sparked spread of complex life Feb. 28, 2008 Animal Magnetism Provides Sense Of Direction Feb. 27, 2008 Salamanders, Headwater Streams Critical in Food Chain Feb. 22, 2008 Scientists Say Tropics Are Next Emerging Disease Hotspot Feb. 20, 2008 Early Environment May Be Key to Migration Location Feb. 20, 2008 Masters of disguise: secrets of nature's 'great pretenders' revealed Feb. 20, 2008 The Key To Quieter Atlantic Hurricane Seasons May Be Blowing In The Wind Feb. 15, 2008 Genome Of Marine Organism Tells Of Animals' One-Celled Ancestors Feb. 15, 2008 Scientists Reveal First-Ever Global Map of Total Human Effect on Oceans Feb. 14, 2008 New Materials Can Selectively Capture Carbon Dioxide, UCLA Chemists Report Feb. 14, 2008 Tracking Gliding Behavior In The 'Flying' Lemur Feb. 08, 2008 Effects of Urbanization Extend to the Global Scale Feb. 07, 2008 Eat up all of your Brussels sprouts - unless you're an aphid Feb. 07, 2008 Natural Ocean Thermostat Helps Protect Pacific Ocean Coral Reefs Feb. 07, 2008 Gotta Have Heart! Feb. 06, 2008 NASA Data Link Pollution to Rainy Summer Days in the Southeast Feb. 01, 2008

Technology Uses Live Cells To Detect Food-Borne Pathogens, Toxins Feb. 28, 2008 Ranger Supercomputer Dedicated by NSF and Texas Computing Center Feb. 26, 2008 Off The Hook: Stronger Soft-Plastic Fishing Lure Reels In Raves Feb. 22, 2008 Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles Feb. 19, 2008 Pamplin College Researchers Developing New Fraud Detection Software Feb. 13, 2008 Researchers Help Shut Down Drug Counterfeiters Feb. 13, 2008 Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems set new world record for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency Feb. 13, 2008 MIT Reveals Superconducting Surprise Feb. 12, 2008 'T-Ray' Breakthrough Signals Next Generation Of Security Sensors Feb. 04, 2008

Boeing Awarded U.S. Army Contract for 11 New CH-47F Chinook Helicopters Feb. 27, 2008 Boeing Delivers First KC-767 Tanker to Japan Feb. 20, 2008 Boeing-built U.S. Navy T-45 Jet Trainer Achieves 800,000 Flight-Hours of Service Feb. 12, 2008 Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle UAV Achieves 10,000 Flight Hours in Support of Australian Army Operations Feb. 11, 2008

March 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

For the Paper Trail of Life on Mars Or Other Planets, Find Cellulose Mar. 31, 2008 Findings Reveal How Dengue Virus Matures, Becomes Infectious Mar. 27, 2008 New DVD From HHMI Details Fight Against HIV/AIDS Mar. 27, 2008 Identifying the Genes that Put the "Stem" in Cell Mar. 25, 2008 A Fly's Tiny Brain May Hold Huge Human Benefits Mar. 25, 2008 Physicists Show Electrons Can Travel More Than 100 Times Faster in Graphene Mar. 24, 2008 Building Enzymes from Scratch Mar. 19, 2008 Scrambled Entry Ticket May Fake Out Malaria Cell Gatekeeper Mar. 18, 2008 A Protein that Triggers Aggressive Breast Cancer Mar. 12, 2008 Structure Reveals How Cells 'Sugar-Coat' Proteins Mar. 11, 2008 Efficient Catalysts for Making Oxygen for 'Artificial Photosynthesis' Mar. 10, 2008 Newly Defined Signaling Pathway Could Mean Better Biofuel Sources Mar. 07, 2008 Nanoscale Tool Allows Scientists To Study Membrane Proteins One At A Time Mar. 06, 2008 Memory on Trial Mar. 06, 2008 Study shows blood stem cells originate, are nurtured in the placenta Mar. 05, 2008 New Technique Takes A Big Step In Examination Of Small Structures Mar. 05, 2008 MicroRNA-203 helps build skin’s protective barrier Mar. 03, 2008

Exploding star in NGC 2397 Mar. 31, 2008 A Planet in Progress? Mar. 26, 2008 Cosmic Searchlights Reveal "Lost" Galaxies Mar. 24, 2008 NASA Satellite Detects Naked-Eye Explosion Halfway Across Universe Mar. 20, 2008 Action Replay Of Powerful Stellar Explosion Mar. 20, 2008 Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on Extrasolar Planet Mar. 19, 2008 Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow Mar. 13, 2008 Seeing through the Dark Mar. 07, 2008 Mars And Venus Are Surprisingly Similar Mar. 05, 2008

Under The Sea Mar. 27, 2008 "Nanominerals" Influence Earth Systems from Ocean to Atmosphere to Biosphere Mar. 20, 2008 How Iron Gets into the North Pacific Mar. 19, 2008 Researchers Say Arctic Sea Ice Still at Risk Despite Cold Winter Mar. 19, 2008 Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from man made emissions Mar. 18, 2008 Revealed: the secrets of successful ecosystems Mar. 12, 2008 New Twist on Life’s Power Source Mar. 11, 2008 ESA Leads Endeavor To Save Earth Science Data Mar. 10, 2008 Lowly Icelandic Midges Reveal Ecosystem's Tipping Points Mar. 05, 2008 Warming Climate May Cause Arctic Tundra To Burn Mar. 05, 2008

Smart Brake Light System Would Provide More Information To Drivers Mar. 26, 2008 Tell Them Where it Hurts Mar. 18, 2008 Ultra-fast, Ultra-intense Laser Has Clean-Cut Advantage Mar. 13, 2008 Carbon Nanotubes Outperform Copper Nanowires as Interconnects Mar. 13, 2008 RFID Improves Inventory Accuracy, University of Arkansas Study Finds Mar. 13, 2008 VISUALISE set to enhance the spectator experience Mar. 07, 2008

First firing of STERN rocket Mar. 26, 2008 Boeing Flight-Tests 2-Pound Imaging Radar Aboard ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Mar. 18, 2008 Land and Sea Tests Verify Effectiveness of Boeing Biological Detection System Mar. 10, 2008 National Air and Space Museum’s Deputy Director and Aviation Legend Donald Lopez Dies Mar. 04, 2008

April 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Ancient "Nutcracker Man" Challenges Ideas on Evolution of Human Diet Apr. 30, 2008 Hypersaline Hyperviscous Fluids Better Treatment for Severe Blood Loss Apr. 30, 2008 Scientists Determine Drug Target for the Most Potent Botulinum Neurotoxin Apr. 29, 2008 MIT-Led Teams Unravel Heparin Death Mystery Apr. 23, 2008 Flu Tracked To Viral Reservoir In Tropics Apr. 22, 2008 Attraction at the Atomic Level Apr. 16, 2008 Gene Therapy Reduces Cocaine Use in Rats Apr. 16, 2008 Microwave Treatments for Enlarged Prostate Cause Blood Pressure Surges Apr. 08, 2008 New Drug Targets Three Kinds of Leukemia Apr. 07, 2008 Rare Genetic Mutations Protect Against Hypertension Apr. 06, 2008 Nuclear Scientists Eye Future Landfall on a Second “Island of Stability” Apr. 06, 2008 New Structure Shows Mobile RNA is Poised and Ready Apr. 04, 2008 Researchers, Led by Archaeologist, Find Pre-Clovis Human DNA Apr. 03, 2008

The Second Stellar Baby Boom Apr. 30, 2008 Compact galaxies in early Universe pack a big punch Apr. 29, 2008 Hubble’s 18th Anniversary Apr. 24, 2008 Radio Telescope Reveals Secrets of Massive Black Hole Apr. 24, 2008 Stellar Birth in the Galactic Wilderness Apr. 16, 2008 Milky Way's giant black hole awoke from slumber 300 years ago Apr. 15, 2008 The Drifting Star Apr. 15, 2008 Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere Apr. 10, 2008 Black hole found in enigmatic Omega Centauri Apr. 02, 2008 NASA Scientists Identify Smallest Known Black Hole Apr. 01, 2008

Scientists Discover New Ocean Current Apr. 30, 2008 Before Fossil Fuels, Earth’s Minerals Kept CO2 in Check Apr. 29, 2008 Rare Example of Cooperative Behavior in Nature Apr. 17, 2008 Sudden Oak Death pathogen is evolving, says new study that reconstructs the epidemic Apr. 16, 2008 Road Losses Add Up, Taxing Amphibians And Other Animals Apr. 16, 2008 Bikini Corals Recover From Atomic Blast Apr. 14, 2008 Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts Apr. 11, 2008 Grand Canyon May Be As Old As Dinosaurs, According To New Geologic Dating Study Apr. 10, 2008 And the First Animal on Earth Was a... Apr. 10, 2008 Manufactured Buckyballs Don't Harm Microbes That Clean The Environment Apr. 08, 2008 'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources Apr. 07, 2008 Harmful Algae Taking Advantage of Global Warming Apr. 03, 2008 NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution Apr. 01, 2008 Octopus Sex More Sophisticated Than Arm-Wrestling Apr. 01, 2008

NASA tests HYTHIRM at Sandia’s Solar Tower Apr. 30, 2008 Engineers Harness Cell Phone Technology for use in Medical Imaging Apr. 30, 2008 New Design to Keep Drivers in Suspense Apr. 29, 2008 Saliva Can Help Diagnose Heart Attack Apr. 16, 2008 New Flash-Bang Safer For Law Enforcement, Military Apr. 15, 2008 Brown Chemists Find Platinum Nanocube Improves Fuel Cells Apr. 10, 2008 Needle-Size Device Created to Track Tumors, Radiation Dose Apr. 08, 2008

Boeing CH-47F Chinook Helicopter Fielded by US Army's 4th Infantry Division Apr. 07, 2008

May 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

The Structure of XPD Sheds Light on Cancer and Aging May 29, 2008 Possible Mechanism for Enormous Electromechanical Response May 12, 2008 New Clues to How Proteins Dissolve and Crystallize May 12, 2008 Researchers Launch Online Protein Folding Game May 08, 2008 Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites May 05, 2008

Scientists Hold Séance for Supernova May 29, 2008 Strange Ring Found Circling Dead Star May 29, 2008 A Molecular Thermometer for the Distant Universe May 12, 2008 Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars May 02, 2008 Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star May 01, 2008

Scientists Discover Stinging Truths About Jellyfish Blooms in the Bering Sea May 29, 2008 Chile's Erupting Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region May 06, 2008 New study analyzes why endangered parrot population isn't recovering May 06, 2008 65-Million-Year-Old Asteroid Impact Triggered a Global Hail of Carbon Beads May 05, 2008 Turning Fungus into Fuel May 05, 2008 Research Team Is First to Model Photochemical Compass for Bird Navigation May 01, 2008

Berkeley Lab Researchers Propose a New Breed of Supercomputers for Improving Global Climate Predictions May 06, 2008 Record-Setting Laser May Aid Searches for Earth-like Planets May 06, 2008 Researcher Examines the Physics of Carbon Nanotubes May 01, 2008

Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences May 06, 2008

June 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

What It's Like to Be a Bat June 26, 2008 Nanotubes could aid understanding of retrovirus transmission between human cells June 24, 2008 Chemical Clues Point to Dusty Origin for Earth-like Planets June 23, 2008 Old muscle gets new pep in UC Berkeley stem cell study June 17, 2008 Mutant Mouse Mimics Human Bone Cancer June 16, 2008 Surprising Graphene June 09, 2008 Personal Genomes May Lead to Personalized Vitamin Supplements June 03, 2008

Not a Quirk But a Quark ... a Quark Star! June 27, 2008 Martian air once had moisture, new soil analysis says June 26, 2008 A Trio of Super-Earths June 16, 2008 Two of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go Missing June 03, 2008 Mining for Molecules in the Milky Way June 03, 2008 W28: A Mixed Bag June 03, 2008 When some star

NASA Launches Ocean Satellite to Keep A Weather, Climate Eye Open June 20, 2008 Ebb and Flow of the Sea Drives World's Big Extinction Events June 16, 2008 Study of Glacial Earthquakes Shakes Up Idea of How Ice Streams Move June 05, 2008

Quantum computing breakthrough arises from unknown molecule June 27, 2008 On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency June 26, 2008 Implantable sensor will revolutionize the management of heart disease, say Imperial researchers June 25, 2008 A Breakthrough in Glass June 23, 2008

July 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Cracking the Secrets of Ice July 25, 2008 Researchers Discover Key Gene for Making Motor Neurons July 25, 2008 A Phonon Floodgate in Monolayer Carbon July 21, 2008 Fossil Feathers Preserve Evidence of Color July 11, 2008 Fruit Fly Gene Study Could Yield New Flu Treatments July 09, 2008 New Method Expands Tool Kit for Monitoring Body Chemistry, Disease July 07, 2008 Researchers Clarify Function of Glucose Transport Molecule July 04, 2008 Inelegant Worms Provide New Clues About Gene Required for Development July 03, 2008 Finding a Single Mechanism for Hypertension, Insulin Resistance, and Immune Suppression July 01, 2008

Lenses galore - Hubble finds large sample of very distant galaxies July 24, 2008 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy July 21, 2008 Rare 'Star-Making Machine' Found in Distant Universe July 10, 2008 Open Clusters Like Orion Have Low Fertility Rate July 08, 2008 In Unique Stellar Laboratory, Einstein's Theory Passes Strict, New Test July 03, 2008

Outdoor enthusiasts scaring off native carnivores in parks July 22, 2008 Methane Formation in the Oceans: New Pathway Discovered July 10, 2008 A Stress Meter for Fault Zones July 09, 2008 Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy Sources July 09, 2008 NASA Mission to be Crystal Ball into Oceans' Future, Mirror to the Past July 08, 2008

'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality July 23, 2008 Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material July 21, 2008 “Nanosculpture” Could Enable New Types of Heat Pumps and Energy Converters July 18, 2008 Researchers Create Enhanced Light Sources For Lithography July 10, 2008 Breaking The Internet's Glass Ceiling July 09, 2008 Chip-cooling technology achieves 'dramatic' 1,000-watt capacity July 01, 2008

Boeing, U.S. Army Celebrate 1st Flight of AH-64D Apache Block III Helicopter July 12, 2008 Boeing Teams With Canadian Firm to Build Heavy-Lift Rotorcraft July 09, 2008

August 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Engineers Create Bone that Blends into Tendons Aug. 29, 2008 Scientists Reveal Effects of Quantum “Traffic Jam” in High-Temperature Superconductors Aug. 27, 2008 Researchers Create Insulin-Producing Cells from Adult Pancreatic Cells Aug. 27, 2008 FBI unveils science of anthrax investigation Aug. 21, 2008 Exploding chromosomes fuel research about evolution of genetic storage Aug. 21, 2008 Researchers Study Facial Structures, Brain Abnormalities to Reveal Formula for Earlier Detection of Autism Aug. 18, 2008 Studies Aim to Preempt Resistance to New Class of Cancer Drugs Aug. 14, 2008

Clash of clusters provides new dark matter clue Aug. 27, 2008 How Do Galaxies Grow? Aug. 26, 2008 Generations of Stars Pose for Family Portrait Aug. 22, 2008 Hubble Sees Magnetic Monster in Erupting Galaxy Aug. 20, 2008 Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby galaxy metropolis Aug. 05, 2008

Genome sequence deepens mystery of inconspicuous sea creature Aug. 27, 2008 New insights into center of the Earth Aug. 15, 2008 Robot Vehicle Surveys Deep Sea Off Pacific Northwest Aug. 13, 2008

New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency of Networks Aug. 19, 2008 Self-Assembling Polymer Arrays Improve Data Storage Potential Aug. 14, 2008 Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World Aug. 13, 2008 The Brightest, Sharpest, Fastest X-Ray Holograms Yet Aug. 01, 2008

Fourth F-35 Lightning II Rolls Out As Production Line Fills Up At Lockheed Martin Aug. 19, 2008

September 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Meat-Eating Dinosaur from Argentina Had Bird-Like Breathing System Sept. 29, 2008 New Pig Model Could Improve Understanding of Cystic Fibrosis Sept. 25, 2008 Nervous System Rallies Immune System Forces Against Invading Pathogens Sept. 19, 2008 Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules Sept. 18, 2008 Mayo Clinic Chest Surgeons Propose Measures for Indicating Quality of Lung Surgery Sept. 11, 2008 ESnet4 Helps Researchers Seeking the Origins of Matter Sept. 10, 2008 Change in Single Gene Causes Degenerative Brain Disease in Mice Sept. 10, 2008 Enzyme Detectives Uncover New Reactions, Products Sept. 09, 2008 Surprise Finding Identifies Ways to Fight African Sleeping Sickness Sept. 09, 2008 Studies Spot Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic and Brain Cancers Sept. 05, 2008 Researchers pinpoint geographic origins of individuals using DNA Sept. 02, 2008

When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity is Everywhere Sept. 30, 2008 The Wild, Hidden Cousin of SN 1987A Sept. 25, 2008 Worlds in collision Sept. 23, 2008 NASA's Swift Catches Farthest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst Sept. 19, 2008 Pinning down the Milky Way's spin Sept. 19, 2008 Water Hit with Young Star's Best Shot Sept. 18, 2008 Immigrant Sun: Our star could be far from where it started in Milky Way Sept. 16, 2008 NASA Selects CU-Boulder To Lead $485 Million Mars Mission Sept. 15, 2008 1843 stellar eruption new type of star explosion Sept. 10, 2008 The Double Firing Burst Sept. 10, 2008 Mind The Gap Sept. 08, 2008 A Fine-Tooth Comb to Measure the Accelerating Universe Sept. 05, 2008 The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy Sept. 02, 2008

Lava Flows Reveal Clues to Magnetic Field Reversals Sept. 25, 2008 Ancient giant underwater reef found in outback Australia Sept. 23, 2008 Walnut Trees Emit Aspirin-Like Chemical to Deal With Stress Sept. 18, 2008 Neighbors from hell: infanticide rife in guillemot colony Sept. 17, 2008 Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Coverage For 2008 Sept. 16, 2008 Rare Okapi Survives Poaching Onslaught Sept. 11, 2008 100-year study asks how forest management affects animals, plants Sept. 04, 2008

Forward wall to enclose small star on Earth passes Sandia tests Sept. 29, 2008 Interactive technology could help students feel what can't be seen Sept. 22, 2008 Slicing Solar Power Costs Sept. 15, 2008

Setting the Record Straight on F-35 Sept. 20, 2008

October 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Putting Some Flexibility in Drug Design Oct. 28, 2008 King Solomon's (Copper) Mines? Oct. 28, 2008 Tiny Juvenile Dinosaur Fossil Sheds Light on Evolution of Plant Eaters Oct. 24, 2008 UCLA develops safer, more effective TB vaccine for people with HIV Oct. 23, 2008 Ancient cave draws MSU archaeologists to southeast Montana Oct. 23, 2008 A Dinosaur Dance Floor Oct. 20, 2008 "Lost" Miller-Urey Experiment Created More of Life's Building Blocks Oct. 16, 2008 Key to Function of Dinosaur Crests Found in Brain Structure Oct. 16, 2008 Methamphetamine Enters Brain Quickly and Lingers Oct. 13, 2008 A New Hand and Signs of Sensory Recovery Oct. 09, 2008 New Blood Test for Down Syndrome Oct. 06, 2008

'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes in Space Telescope Image Oct. 31 2008 Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid Belts Oct.. 27 2008 Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic Violence Oct. 21 2008 VLT and Rossi XTE satellite probe violently variable black holes Oct.. 15, 2008 NASA's Spitzer gets Sneak Peak Inside Comet Holmes Oct.. 13, 2008 New Images Yield Clues to Seasons of Uranus Oct.. 13, 2008 Astronomers get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time Oct.. 10, 2008 Born from the Wind - Unique Multi-wavelength Portrait of Star Birth Oct.. 08, 2008 Sharpening Up Jupiter Oct.. 02, 2008 Infrared Echoes give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback Oct.. 01, 2008

Roads Bring Death and Fear to Forest Elephants Oct. 28, 2008 "Fishapod" Reveals Origins of Head and Neck Structures of First Land Animals Oct. 15, 2008 Scientists Confirm Second-Ever Case of Virgin Birth by Shark Oct. 10, 2008 Multiple Magma Reservoirs Affect Volcanic Eruption Cycles Oct. 09, 2008 Preserved by ice: Glacial dams helped prevent erosion of Tibetan plateau Oct. 08, 2008 Fish Diversity May Be Key to Recovery of Coral Reefs Oct. 08, 2008 Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway Oct. 03, 2008 Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends its Food Source Oct. 03, 2008

Good Code, Bad Computations: a Computer Security Gray Area Oct. 28, 2008 Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom Oct. 24, 2008 Denser computer chips possible with plasmonic lenses that 'fly' Oct. 23, 2008 Secret Lives of Catalysts Revealed Oct. 21, 2008 New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies Oct. 16, 2008 Successful Ocean Test Advances Wave Energy Research Oct. 14, 2008 Gecko Foot Adhesive Gets Stronger, Directional Gripping Oct. 09, 2008 Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films Oct. 09, 2008 World first for sending data using quantum cryptography Oct. 08, 2008 World’s biggest computing grid launched Oct. 03, 2008

Lockheed Martin F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing At Edwards FB, Validates Readiness For Future Test Deployment Oct. 24, 2008

November 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Bacterial Biofilms as Fossil Makers Nov. 25, 2008 Gray’s Paradox Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins Nov. 24, 2008 Los Alamos Scientists See New Mechanism for Superconductivity Nov. 21, 2008 FoxJ1 Helps Cilia Beat a Path to Asymmetry Nov. 16, 2008 An HIV Enzyme with a Flair for the Acrobatic Nov. 14, 2008 Light Triggers a New Code for Brain Cells Nov. 12, 2008 Singing in Slow Motion Nov. 12, 2008 Newborn Neurons in the Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood Nov. 11, 2008 Large Study Identifies New Genetic Risk Factors for Brain Aneurysm Nov. 09, 2008 Proteomics Study Yields Clues As To How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting The Immune System Nov. 06, 2008 New Method Provides Panoramic View of Protein-RNA Interactions in Living Cells Nov. 02, 2008

Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars Nov. 25, 2008 Observatory Fingers Cosmic Ray 'Hot Spots' Nov. 22, 2008 Beta Pictoris planet finally imaged? Nov. 21, 2008 Hubble Resolves Puzzle about Loner Starburst Galaxy Nov. 20 2008 Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut Nov. 13 2008 Dusty Shock Waves Generate Planet Ingredients Nov. 11 2008

Plate tectonics started over 4 billion years ago, geochemists report Nov. 26, 2008 Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms Nov. 17, 2008 Mineral Kingdom Has Co-Evolved with Life Nov. 13, 2008 Electronic heat trap grips deep Earth Nov. 13, 2008 Rabies ‘barrier’ to save rare wolf Nov. 10, 2008 Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems Nov. 08, 2008 Obscure Fungus Produces Diesel Fuel Components Nov. 06, 2008 In Alaska's Forests, Dried Mushrooms to the Rescue? Nov. 03, 2008

ESnet Completes Construction of Dynamic Science Data Network for Researchers Nov. 17, 2008 New Generator Produces AC Current by Stretching Wires Nov. 09, 2008 Computer Method May Help Humans Achieve Energy Independence From Fossil Fuels Nov. 07, 2008 Electron Pairs Precede High-Temperature Superconductivity Nov. 06, 2008 Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles Nov. 03, 2008

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Flies Supersonic Nov. 15, 2008 Boeing Rolls Out 1st F-15SG to Singapore Nov. 03, 2008

December 2008
SCIENCE	SPACE	EARTH SCIENCE	TECHNOLOGY	AVIATION

Researchers Link Blood Sugar to Normal Cognitive Aging Dec. 31, 2008 Anti-Fungal Drug Offers Great Benefits to Some with Severe Asthma Dec. 29, 2008 Scientists Reveal Structure of New Botulism Nerve Toxin Subtype Dec. 23, 2008 Patient-Derived Induced Stem Cells Retain Disease Traits Dec. 22, 2008 Estrogen Pills Can Benefit Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Dec. 11, 2008 Researchers Gain New Insight on Wonder of Cell Division Dec. 04, 2008 Cellular Senescence a Double-Edged Sword Dec. 04, 2008 Melanoma Spawns Tumors with Deadly Efficiency Dec. 03, 2008 Scientists Prove Endothelial Cells Give Rise to Blood Stem Cells During Embryonic Development Dec. 03, 2008 Integrated Microbial Genomics Reaches Out to Include Human Microbial Communities Dec. 02, 2008

Dark Energy Found Stifling Growth in Universe Dec. 16, 2008 Astronomers Dissect a Supermassive Black Hole with Natural Magnifying Glasses Dec. 12, 2008 Unprecedented 16-Year Long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole Dec. 09, 2008 Hubble finds carbon dioxide on an extrasolar planet Dec. 09, 2008 Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image Dec. 08, 2008 Omega Centauri — the glittering giant of the southern skies Dec. 02, 2008

Protea plants help unlock secrets of species 'hotspots' Dec. 23, 2008 Could Deep-Sea Microbes Teach Us About Alien Life? Dec. 23, 2008 Shade Coffee Benefits More than Birds Dec. 22, 2008 UQ measures the cost of baby turtles' dash for freedom Dec. 15, 2008 Cave's Climate Clues Show Ancient Empires Declined During Dry Spell Dec. 04, 2008 No place like home: new theory for how salmon, sea turtles find their birthplace Dec. 02, 2008

Humanities and High Performance Computers Connect at NERSC Dec. 23, 2008 Physicists Set New Record for Quantum Memory Storage Dec. 08, 2008 New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies Dec. 02, 2008

Weight-Optimized F-35 Test Fleet Adds Conventional Takeoff And Landing Variant Dec. 24, 2008 Lockheed Martin And USAF Test Pilot School Conduct First Ever Successful Autoland Of The F-16 Fighting Falcon Dec. 09, 2008

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