Jan
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: [...]