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29

Global Warming

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

GLOBAL WARMING: Early Warning Signs. ‘An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system.’
Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map.

Jan

29

The Silent Partner

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Silent Scientist Under Fire: the American Collaborator of a Disgraced South Korean Is Keeping Mum. ‘Just a few months ago, a collaboration between two prominent scientists from opposite sides of the world promised to change the future of medicine: A Korean and an American together claimed to have cloned human embryos from which they had [...]

Jan

29

Signs of Fraud?

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Japanese University to Discipline Chemist. ‘Japan’s most prestigious university will discipline a chemistry professor after finding that 12 of his experiments could not be reproduced, raising questions about their veracity.’
Fraud Investigation. ‘University of Tokyo biochemist is under suspicion concerning his RNA research.’

Jan

29

Aromatic Oxidation

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The sweet smell of nano-success. ‘ Materials scientists at Lehigh University and catalyst chemists at Cardiff University have uncovered secrets of the "nanoworld" that promise to lead to cleaner methods of producing, among other things, spices and perfumes.’

Jan

28

Day of Remembrance

January 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A 28 January 1986 file photo shows the explosion of the US space shuttle Challenger over Kennedy Space Center. The US space agency will mark the 20th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster in a solemn ceremony with the fallen astronauts’ families at the scene of the tragedy.
From: Yahoo Science Photos (AFP/File/Bob Pearson)
NASA: Day [...]

Jan

27

Earth

January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Earth: A Graphic Look At The State of the Planet. ‘One of the most compact and comprehensive resources ever published, Earth presents essential data and commentaries on the condition of the world’s environment – both natural and human.’

Jan

27

A New Earth?

January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Earthlike Planet Spied in Distant Solar System. ‘The discovery raises the prospect that the Milky Way galaxy is full of planets that could harbor life, the scientists say. Five times as massive as Earth, the newfound planet orbits its parent star once every ten years. The planet is as about three times as far from [...]

Jan

27

Rain Gardens

January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Rain gardens ‘cut city pollution’. ‘Researchers say ‘rain gardens’ can trap pollutants in runoff water. Most of the rain that falls on cities lands on impervious surfaces, such as roads, where it absorbs pollutants before
it finally drains away. The team says a shallow depression in a garden containing bark mulch and shrubs can remove up [...]

Jan

27

Metallic Glasses

January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Mystery of metallic glass is cracked by Johns Hopkins engineers. ‘Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer
simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack
themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their
findings should help scientists better understand the atomic scale
structure of this material, which is used to make sports equipment,
cell phone cases, armor-piercing projectiles [...]

Jan

27

Where’s George? Helps With the Flu

January 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Dollars Reveal How Flu Could Spread. ‘A popular Internet site that tracks the movement of dollar bills has helped spur new thinking about how to prepare defenses against a feared pandemic of killer influenza.’

Scientists uncover destructive bird flu gene as Canada ramps up pandemic plans.
U.N. Urges Fast Planning for Bird Flu.

Jan

25

Let’s Save Coral Reefs

January 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A crinoidae is on the edge of the coral reef near Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. A report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that coral reefs and mangroves in many parts of the world are being destroyed for quick gain, yet they are worth tens of billions of dollars as shields against natural [...]

Jan

24

Stardust

January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Stardust: Cosmic Samples Return to Earth. ‘Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated
solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission
designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of
the Moon.’
More information about Stardust.
Stardust@Home. ‘A distributed search by volunteers for interstellar dust in the Stardust interstellar dust collector’