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A Fantastic Video about a Fantastic Voyage Inside a Cell

July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

TED Talks – David Bolinsky: Fantastic voyage inside a cell (Video). ‘Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. Built by his company, XVIVO, to teach Harvard medical students, the clip features sweeping cinematic values and even a little drama. It communicates not only the [...]

Jul

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Science Accelerator: Searching U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Databases

July 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Science Accelerator. ‘The Science Accelerator allows you to search via a single query across important collections of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) scientific and technical information. Such collections present the results of research and development (R&D) projects and programs, descriptions of R&D projects under way or recently completed, and major R&D accomplishments.
The Science [...]

Jul

27

Graphene Oxide Paper

July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Graphene Oxide Paper Could Spawn a New Class of Materials. ‘Nearly 2,000 years ago, the discovery of paper revolutionized human communication. Now researchers at Northwestern University have fabricated a new type of paper that they hope will create a revolution of its own – and while it won’t replace your notepad, this remarkably stiff and [...]

Jul

23

Protein Movie Generator: Generating Protein Pictures, Animations and Movies

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Protein Movie Generator. ‘The aim of this service is to provide an easy way to generate pictures and movies of protein structures, with the concern of integrating the most frequently used concepts of the molecular graphics fields via the software Dino. High definition pictures and movies are produced via the use of the Megapov engine [...]

Jul

19

More on Federated Science Search: WorldWideScience.org

July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

WorldWideScience.org. ‘WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway — accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Subsequent versions of WorldWideScience.org will offer access to additional sources as well as enhanced features.
WorldWideScience.org was developed and is maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information [...]

Jul

19

Hormone Sensitive Bacterias

July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Engineered E. coli may lead to new drugs, detect pollutants. ‘Bacteria that respond to human hormones – the body’s chemical messengers – may enable the discovery of new treatments for hormone-related medical problems, including thyroid disease and some forms of breast cancer. Developed by Princeton chemical engineers, the sensitive bugs also may detect hormone-mimicking pollutants, [...]

Jul

18

Science Degrees Online Review

July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is my first review on Science Quick Picks for ReviewMe and it is sponsored by the reviewee.
When I received the request to review Science Degrees Online I became curious to see what type of science online degrees were available. Classical science degrees (in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, for example) require some kind of laboratory practice [...]

Jul

17

Sequencing the Genome of Neanderthals

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The human family tree explored. ‘It sounds as though it came out of the pages of a science fiction book or from the mind of Steven Spielberg. But as is often the case, reality is where all the action is and this time it’s happening in Leipzig, Germany. There, scientists from the Max Planck Institute [...]

Jul

14

Scitopia.org: Searching High-Quality Scholarly Work and Patents

July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Scitopia.org. ‘The federated vertical search portal scitopia.org was created through the imagination and collaboration of 15 leading science and technology societies. Searching for a better way to help researchers quickly get to the quality content they need, these society publishers developed a gateway to the research most cited in scholarly work and patents. Scitopia.org searches [...]

Jul

10

Fantastic Discovery: Orlistat (Xenical® or Alli®) Can Kill Cancer Cells

July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Discovery about Obesity Drug Helping Scientists Develop New Cancer Treatments. Based on their surprising discovery that an obesity drug can kill cancer cells, scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have made a new finding about the drug’s effects and are working to design more potent cancer treatments.
Published online in Nature Structural and Molecular [...]

Jul

9

Birds Wanted: Looking for Photos of Critically Endangered Species

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Rare Birds Yearbook 2008. ‘The first edition of Rare Birds Yearbook will be published in association with BirdLife International in October 2007.
The purpose of the book is to put focus on the most endangered species in the world – their current situation, future prospects and what can be done to save them for coming generations. [...]

Jul

9

Astroparticle Physics in Europe: Six Key Challenges Identified

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Astrophysicists draw up wish list. ‘Astroparticle physicists in Europe have identified six key challenges that they face and the new facilities that they need to meet their research aims. Their plans for the next ten years have been outlined in The Astroparticle Physics Roadmap Phase 1 published by ApPEC and ASPERA, which are consortia of [...]