Science X Newsletter Sunday, Nov 23

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Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for November 23, 2014:

Spotlight Stories Headlines

- How the hummingbird achieves its aerobatic feats
- Science of romantic relationships includes gene factor
- Clipping proteins that package genes may limit abnormal cell growth in tumors
- Italy's first female astronaut heads to ISS in Russian craft
- 'Mind the gap' between atomically thin materials
- Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak?
- Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media
- After nuclear phase-out, Germany debates scrapping coal
- Form Devices team designs Point as a house sitter
- Judge approves $450 mn deal in Apple ebook suit
- NASA issues 'remastered' view of Jupiter's moon Europa
- Doubling saturated fat in the diet does not increase saturated fat in blood, study finds
- US northeast braces for flooding after record snow

Astronomy & Space news

	NASA issues 'remastered' view of Jupiter's moon Europa (Phys.org) —Scientists have produced a new version of what is perhaps NASA's best view of Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. The mosaic of color images was obtained in the late 1990s by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. This is the first time that NASA is publishing a version of the scene produced using modern image processing techniques.
	Italy's first female astronaut heads to ISS in Russian craft A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Italy's first female astronaut safely blasted off Sunday to begin its journey to the International Space Station.

Technology news

	Judge approves $450 mn deal in Apple ebook suit A US judge signed off on Apple's $450 million legal deal to compensate consumers harmed by an illegal price-fixing conspiracy for electronic books.
	Form Devices team designs Point as a house sitter A Scandinavian team "with an international outlook" and good eye for electronics, software and design aims to reach success with what they characterize as "a softer take" on home security. Their device is one where guests can feel less uncomfortable about keeping surveillance cameras in the home. That is the "point" of Point, a smart house sitter from the startup Form Devices.
	After nuclear phase-out, Germany debates scrapping coal After deciding to scrap nuclear power, Germany is pondering saying goodbye to coal, its biggest energy source but also its top polluter and main threat to ambitious climate goals.
	Facebook 'newspaper' spells trouble for media Facebook's move to fulfill its ambition to be the personal "newspaper" for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more woes for the ailing news media.
Man pleads guilty in New York cybercrime case A California man has pleaded guilty in New York City for his role marketing malware that federal authorities say infected more than a half-million computers worldwide.
Dish restores Turner channels to lineup Turner Broadcasting channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN are back on the Dish network after being dropped from the satellite TV provider's lineup during contract talks.

Medicine & Health news

	Science of romantic relationships includes gene factor (Medical Xpress)—Adolescents worry about passing tests, winning games, lost phones, fractured bones—and whether or not they will ever really fall in love. Three Chinese researchers have focused on that last question. They pose the questions: Why do some students stay single? What factors determine if a young adult falls in love? They have written the paper, "The association between romantic relationship status and 5-HT1A gene in young adults." in Scientific Reports.
Clipping proteins that package genes may limit abnormal cell growth in tumors Changes to the structure of the protein histone H3.3 may play a key role in silencing genes that regulate cancer cell growth, according to a study led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published online this month in the journal Nature Communications. According to the authors, this is the first study to identify this protein as a key regulator in cellular senescence, a process in which cells stop multiplying.
	Doubling saturated fat in the diet does not increase saturated fat in blood, study finds Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study.
	Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak? The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola—a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light.
Investigational drug reduces high potassium levels in chronic kidney disease patients Research published today found that the investigational drug patiromer decreased high potassium levels and maintained normal potassium levels in patients with chronic kidney disease. The results of a multicenter trial appear in the New England Journal of Medicine.
	Women with serious mental illness less likely to receive cancer screenings Women with symptoms of serious mental illness are significantly less likely to receive three routine cancer screenings - Pap tests, mammograms and clinical breast exams - than women in the general population, despite being at elevated risk for medical comorbidities and early death, a new study indicates.
	Review: Ketogenic diets suppress appetite despite weight loss (HealthDay)—A review of evidence supports that ketogenic diets suppress appetite despite weight loss. The research was published online Nov. 17 in Obesity Reviews.
	Prosocial internet support group not beneficial for breast cancer (HealthDay)—A prosocial Internet support group (ISG) that encourages breast cancer survivors with elevated anxiety or depression to help others may not be beneficial, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
	Structured education program beneficial for anaphylaxis (HealthDay)—A structured education intervention improves knowledge and emergency management for patients at risk for anaphylaxis and their caregivers, according to a study published online Nov. 19 in Allergy.
	AMA: Gender inequality still exists in medicine (HealthDay)—Gender inequality still exists in medicine, according to an article published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
	Testosterone testing has increased in recent years (HealthDay)—There has been a recent increase in the rate of testosterone testing, with more testing seen in men with comorbidities associated with hypogonadism, according to research published online Nov. 10 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Suicide risk falls substantially after talk therapy Repeat suicide attempts and deaths by suicide were roughly 25 percent lower among a group of Danish people who underwent voluntary short-term psychosocial counseling after a suicide attempt, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests.
Plague outbreak kills 40 in Madagascar: WHO An outbreak of plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, the World Health Organization said, warning that the disease could spread rapidly in the country's densely populated capital Antananarivo.
	Health care M&A leads global deal surge In a big year for deal making, the health care industry is a standout. Large drugmakers are buying and selling businesses to control costs and deploy surplus cash. A rising stock market, tax strategies and low interest rates are also fueling the mergers and acquisitions.
	US looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, U.S. public health officials are girding for the next health disaster.
UN chief: Ebola cases in Mali a 'deep concern' The United Nations chief warned Friday that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and outpacing the international response.
Switzerland bans Dutch poultry imports, new bird flu cases in Holland Switzerland on Friday said it was banning chicken imports from Britain and the Netherlands, as Dutch officials said they detected bird flu on three more farms.
Ebola returns to city at Sierra Leone outbreak epicentre Sierra Leone announced a death from Ebola on Friday in the eastern city of Kenema—the epicentre of the outbreak which had gone more than three weeks without new infections.
Feds vows to publicize vaccine injury help program Leaders of the nation's system for helping people injured by vaccinations are vowing to better publicize the little-known program.
Hope in Liberia, anxiety in Mali as Ebola battle rages Liberia has set itself the target of halting Ebola by the end of the year, but the battle is far from over in the rest of west Africa.
Dutch cull ducks amid bird flu fears in poultry heartland The Dutch authorities on Saturday ordered the preventative cull of 8,000 ducks amid fears that a bird flu outbreak could spread to the country's poultry heartland.
Mali announces new Ebola case Mali announced Saturday a new case of Ebola in a man who is fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in the capital Bamako.
New bird flu case in Germany A worrying new strain of bird flu has been observed for the first time in a wild bird in northern Germany, the agriculture ministry said Saturday.
UN Ebola victim leaves France after recovery A UN employee flown to France for treatment after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone has been cured and has left the country, the health ministry said.

Biology news

	Seychelles poachers go nutty for erotic shaped seed Under cover of darkness in the steamy jungles of the Seychelles thieves creep out to harvest the sizeable and valuable nuts of the famous coco de mer palm, and their activities are threatening its long-term survival.
	Bodies of 500 sea lions found on Peruvian beach Peruvian authorities were investigating Sunday the deaths of some 500 sea lions whose rotting corpses were found on a northern beach.

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