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Biomedical Image Awards 2006

July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment

‘The Biomedical Image Awards 2006 is a striking display of shapes and patterns, and illustrates the microscopic structures of living organisms in a spectacular variety of ways. Selected by a team of expert judges from recent acquisitions by the Medical Photographic Library of the Wellcome Library, the winning images show a wide variety of subjects, [...]

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New Materials from Graphene

July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Research Paves Way for New Composite Materials. ‘Northwestern University researchers have developed a process that promises to lead to the creation of a new class of composite materials – “graphene-based materials.” The method uses graphite to produce individual graphene-based sheets with exceptional physical, chemical and barrier properties that could be mixed into materials such as [...]

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Copper Sulphate: Chlorine Alternative in Swimming Pools

July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Child asthma solution comes from space – and the Greeks… ‘Following a warning from scientists linking asthma in children to indoor swimming pools, Allergy UK today awarded its “Seal of Approval” for a new alternative to chlorine. The award comes as hot tubs, spas, swimming pools and inflatable pools become the “must have” accessory as [...]

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Science Education: A Global Problem

July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Classrooms need to improve science education. ‘With elementary schools concentrating on literacy and math, science often is short-changed. Perhaps that’s why only about half of Indiana’s seventh-graders are proficient in the subject. This isn’t nearly good enough if we want to compete with nations like China and India. What’s to be done about the lack [...]

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Data Mining and Drug Discovery

July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Mining Data for Better Drugs. ‘Mining large databases effectively drives better decision making to help yield drugs more quickly. To some people outside drug development, data mining sounds like a gold rush for pharmaceutical companies — a technique that digs out rare but powerful therapeutics from mountains of possibilities. Data mining, however, cannot stand alone. [...]

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