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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 [...]

Jul

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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. [...]

Jul

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Report: How to Enhance Science and Engineering at Harvard

July 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Harvard Rethinks Science. ‘There are a series of revolutions going on in science and technology — and in the way they are taught and conducted in American higher education. Traditional lectures are being replaced with more active learning. Graduate students are being taught to teach, not just do research. And interdisciplinarity is key. Many [...]

Jul

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Dioxins: What is the Cancer Risk?

July 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Dioxin Less Dangerous? ‘Low doses of dioxin may not be as carcinogenic as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states in its draft risk assessment, according to a panel of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). In an analysis released today, the panel called on EPA to clarify uncertainties and better justify some assumptions about the [...]

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16

Scientific American Podcast

July 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Scientific American Podcast. ‘Join host Steve Mirsky each week as he explores the latest developments in science and technology through interviews with leading scientists and journalists.
Podcasting: a method of publishing audio and video files to the Internet that permits users to subscribe to RSS feeds and thereby receive the latest files automatically. The feeds can [...]

Jul

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Forensic Science Initiative

July 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Forensic Science Initiative at WVU. ‘The Forensic Science Initiative is the research and resource effort at West Virginia University. The FSI provides research and resources to the nation’s forensic science laboratories. The FSI at WVU currently has 15 faculty performing research in the forensic sciences and over 25 active projects. It is arguably the largest [...]

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The CSI Effect

July 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

CSI: The Reality. ‘Forensics has never been more popular or popularized: eight crime dramas, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sibling programs, made it into the top 20 shows last October. On one Thursday that month, 27 percent of all American televisions that were turned on were tuned to CSI. On cable, CourtTV’s Forensic [...]

Jul

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Protocol Online

July 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Protocol Online - Your lab’s reference book is a database of research protocols in a variety of life science fields. It contains protocols contributed by worldwide researchers as well as links to web protocols hosted by worldwide research labs, biotech companies, personal web sites. The data is stored in a MySQL relational database. Protocol Online [...]

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

July 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Why A Large Hadron Collider?. ‘The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) currently under construction at CERN is the greatest basic science endeavor in history. Roughly half of the world’s particle physicists, 7,000 individuals, make the Collider their workplace. This single-minded group of men and women hails from more than 80 countries. They represent almost every religion [...]

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