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Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel By News Releases (Emory University) Emory University chemists have developed the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, considered a crucial component for generating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight. The breakthrough, published March 11 in Science, was made in collaboration with the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry.The fastest, carbon-free molecular water oxidation catalyst to date "has really upped the standard from the other known homogeneous WOCs," said Emory chemist Craig Hill, whose lab led the effort.

Discovery of cellular 'switch' may provide new means of triggering cell death, treating disease By News Releases (University of Colorado at Boulder) A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings with implications for treating cancer.

Scientists at UCSB discover 600 million-year-old origins of vision By News Releases (University of California - Santa Barbara) By studying the hydra, a member of an ancient group of sea creatures that is still flourishing, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision. The finding is published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a British journal of biology.

Effort aims to spike breast cancer with new approach By News Releases (The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Many women live with breast cancer that does not respond to standard medical treatment, a condition that researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare want to change by aggressively targeting specific genes.

Keynote speakers to focus on translating regenerative medicine science to the clinic By News Releases (Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) What regenerative medicine therapies are being applied to patients today? What hurdles stand between stem cell therapies and real treatments in the clinic? Keynote speakers at the upcoming inaugural Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum will discuss these topics as well as provide an update on various national and regional stem cell initiatives. The forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem, is an annual event to focus on fulfilling the promise of regenerative medicine, including best practices and business models.

Why female moths are big and beautiful By News Releases (University of Arizona) In most animal species, males and females show obvious differences in body size. But how can this be, given that both sexes share the same genes governing their growth? University of Arizona entomologists studied this conundrum in moths and found clues that had been overlooked by previous efforts to explain this mystery of nature.

GenY workers want their cake and to eat it too By News Releases (SAGE Publications) Managing the young generation of workers -- sometimes called GenY, GenMe, or Millennials -- is a hot topic, covered in the popular press and discussed in numerous books and seminars. However, most of these discussions are based on perceptions and anecdote rather than hard data, partially because no one had established that GenY differed in work values from previous generations.

BIDMC scientist Christopher Evans, Ph.D., honored by Orthopedic Research Society By News Releases (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Christopher Evans, Ph.D., director of the Center for Advanced Orthopedic Studies at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Maurice Edmond Mueller Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School, was presented with the 2010 Arthur Steindler Award at this week's annual meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society in New Orleans.

Scientific breakthrough in genetic studies of animal domestication By News Releases (Uppsala University) The domestication of animals and plants is the most important technological innovation during human history. This genetic transformation of wild species has occurred as humans have used individuals carrying favorable gene variants for breeding purposes. In the current issue of Nature an international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has revealed some of the secrets underlying the remarkable development of the domestic chicken.

Institute for Systems Biology uses Complete Genomics' genome sequencing service to verify gene responsible for Miller syndrome By News Releases (Complete Genomics) Complete Genomics Inc., a third-generation human genome sequencing company, today announced that the Institute for Systems Biology employed Complete Genomics' human genome sequencing service to sequence a family quartet to determine the depth of genetic information possible in analyzing a full family's sequence, and to verify the gene responsible for Miller syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. Results from this collaboration were published online today in Science Express.