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All in This Tea"All in This Tea dips effortlessly into a half-dozen modes - travelogue, biography, nature ode, business story, nerd profile - sustaining a flexibility of tone that allows for both keen insights into the rapidly evolving Chinese economy and drunken raptures on the ability, in one especially prized blend, ''to taste the mountain.''" Nathan Lee in the New York Times........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:48:14 PM)
Species Have Come and GoneView a video interview with researcher John Alroy of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
Diversity among the ancestors of such marine creatures as clams, sand dollars and lobsters showed only a modest rise beginning 144 million years ago with no clear trend afterwards, according to an international team of researchers. This contradicts previous work showing dramatic increases beginning 248 million years ago and may........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:18:55 PM)
VC's in a bootstrapper's worldPhoto courtesy of iStockphoto, Jan Rysavy
A recent post by blogger and venture journalist Donna Bogatin raises the question again about the need for big venture capital in a Web 2.0 startup world
The implications are similar to those raised in a recent post by Taylor Davidson on his blog though Taylor takes the other side of the argument to some extent. (View our extended discussion of the topic here.
The question? How much big........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 7/2/2008 8:32:26 PM)
How to COOK a NASCAR driver© ninjapoodle
With temperatures at 140 degrees, our favorite NASCAR driver might end up on the dinner table instead of beside it.........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 7/2/2008 8:27:31 PM)
New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling EfficiencyWhoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods.
A new study from scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is mandatory to bring water to boil. This increase in efficiency could have a big impact on cooling computer chips,........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/26/2008 8:50:47 PM)
Quantum computing breakthroughThe odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors.
In a Nature Physics journal paper currently online, the scientists describe how they have created a new, hybrid molecule in which its quantum state can be intentionally manipulated - a mandatory step in the building of quantum computers.
"Up to now large-scale quantum computing has been........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/26/2008 8:43:00 PM)
Primate's Scent Speaks VolumesPerhaps judging a man by his cologne isn't as superficial as it seems.
Duke University researchers, using sophisticated machinery to analyze hundreds of chemical components in a ringtailed lemur's distinctive scent, have observed that individual males are not only advertising their fitness for fatherhood, but also a bit about their family tree as well.
"We now know that there's information about genetic quality and relatedness in scent,"........Go to the Biology-blog (Added on 6/25/2008 10:31:44 PM)
Martian SkiesThe atmosphere of Mars is hundreds of times thinner than Earth''s atmosphere and is made of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains traces of oxygen, water, and methane. It can support dust storms, dust devils, clouds and gusty winds.With an amazing number of six current live probes exploring Mars, there are many thousands of images available. Only a few, however show atmospheric phenomena. Presented here are some of the best........Go to the Astronomy-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 9:43:37 PM)
Automotive MonogamyItalian photographer Matteo Ferrari took pictures of people who drove the same car for many, many years.........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 9:43:24 PM)
A look into the nanoscaleLawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.
Using femtosecond X-ray free electron laser (FEL) pulses, the team, led by Anton Barty, is able to observe condensed phase dynamics such as crack formation, phase separation, rapid fluctuations in the liquid state or in biologically relevant environments.
Other Livermore researchers include Michael........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 8:01:40 PM)
Higher interstate speed limit proves safeScientists at Purdue University have determined that raising the speed limit from 65 to 70 on Interstate 65 in Indiana has not increased the probability of fatalities or severe injuries.
"These findings are important because the influence of speed limits on roadway safety has been a subject of continuous debate in the state of Indiana and nationwide," said Fred Mannering, a professor of civil engineering. "Indiana highway-related accidents........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 7:52:50 PM)
And the winners are…Its nearly that time again. With London Fashion Week round the corner, we’ve been keen to find out which designers were lucky enough to receive New Gen sponsorship this season.........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 6/19/2008 10:06:00 PM)
R Kelly Found Not GuiltyThe trial that was 6 years in the making is over, and rapper R. Kelly, has been found not guilty on all 14 charges
In the end it all came down to whether or not it was in fact R. Kelly and the female in question in the video that was sent, anonymously, to authorities
Both R. Kelly and the girl in question claimed it was not them in the video and prosecutors were unable to disprove them
Here's the story on the R. Kelly acquittal.........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/19/2008 10:05:38 PM)
Conventional wisdom wrong about Arab journalistsSince September 11, U.S. politicians have repeatedly reminded us that the journalists in the Arab world are biased against America and the West. Ground-breaking research reported in the July 2008 issue of International Journal of Press/Politics published by SAGE shatters the myths, finding that much of the conventional wisdom about Arab journalists that has shaped U.S. public diplomacy toward the region lacks substance.
To provide a snapshot........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/19/2008 9:00:51 PM)
Lower Midwest braces for flood onslaughtResidents of the central and southern Midwest are crossing their fingers, saying their prayers, planning evacuations, and in some cases filling sandbags in preparation for the excessive water ravishing communities in Iowa and Wisconsin.
"The flood wave is propagating down the Mississippi River towards St. Louis at about the pace of a brisk walk," said Robert E. Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/16/2008 9:28:18 PM)
Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea IceThe rate of climate warming over northern Alaska, Canada, and Russia could more than triple during periods of rapid sea ice loss, as per a new study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The findings raise concerns about the thawing of permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, and the potential consequences for sensitive ecosystems, human infrastructure, and the release of additional greenhouse gases.
"Our study suggests........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/10/2008 9:06:14 PM)
Interfering with the Global Positioning SystemYou can't always trust your GPS gadget. As researchers have long known, perplexing electrical activity in the upper atmospheric zone called the ionosphere can tamper with signals from GPS satellites.
Now, new research and monitoring systems are clarifying what happens to disruptive clouds of electrons and other electrically charged particles, known as ions, in the ionosphere. The work may lead to regional predictions of reduced GPS........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/9/2008 8:43:53 PM)
Road traffic deaths in China have soaredThe number of road traffic deaths in China has soared almost 100% in two decades, reveals a study reported in the journal Injury Prevention.
The pattern was not restricted to areas of major urbanisation and development, but was also seen in rural locations and sparsely populated areas, the findings show.
In 1990, road traffic injuries became the ninth leading cause of death and disability worldwide. They are set to shoot up to third place........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/4/2008 10:51:23 PM)
Prototype Hydrogen Storage TankA cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of the fuel.
Unlike conventional liquid hydrogen (LH2 tanks in prototype cars, the LLNL pressure vessel was parked for six days without venting evaporated hydrogen vapor.
The LLNL development has significantly increased the amount of time........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 6/4/2008 10:49:28 PM)
Chris Mortensen Holds Grudges© abardwel
Buffoonery at ESPN (see photo) is nothing new. The network is seemingly public enemy number one to sports bloggers, although Buzz Bissinger has probably stolen that title away, at least for the time being. To be fair, some of the criticism of the WWL is unfounded, though much is legitimate.
And so we come to the bastion of NFL knowledge, Chris Mortensen, and his four year grudge against one Mike Martz. To put this in........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 6:48:13 PM)
Tiger Delays ReturnWell, we all thought Tiger Woods was up to his superhuman standards again when he said he felt ready to return before the U.S. Open and wanted to do so at the Memorial
But yesterday, Woods informed tournament organizers that he wasn't going to play after all
He has been saying that his post-surgery recovery had been going very well and he was expecting a return to competitive golf ahead of schedule
But that has apparently not........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 6:48:03 PM)
Nanotechnology for DummiesDon't you just love the "for dummies" series? I hope the title doesn't personally offend anyone. I'm not calling anyone a dummy. I just like the book series.
So, have you read Nanotechnology for Dummies? This book is great because it breaks down the science into a simple, yet meaningful explanation. Many people have misconceptions about what nanotechnology is about. Some think that nanotechnology is just about........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 4:29:21 PM)
Google Health: Your Personal Online Health RecordI'm not really jumping for joy that Google now has Google Health - offering your personal health record on the web.
I mean....I am all for getting medical help and information online, but putting your own health record online. Who will do that?
Google enters the field of personal health records with a leading online brand, deep pockets and a wealth of technical skills. In a two-month trial this year, the Cleveland Clinic found that........Go to the Health-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 4:23:17 PM)
Continued turbulence in Jupiter's atmosphereBerkeley -- Increased turbulence and storms first observed on Jupiter more than two years ago are still raging, as per astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, who snapped high-resolution pictures of the planet earlier this month.
Captured with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the 10-meter Keck II telescope, this so-called "major upheaval" on Jupiter involves stunning changes........Go to the Astronomy-blog (Added on 5/22/2008 10:22:44 PM)
Pacific coast turning more acidicAn international team of researchers surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, raising concern for marine ecosystems from Canada to Mexico.
Scientists aboard the Wecoma, an Oregon State University research vessel, also discovered that this corrosive, acidified water that is being upwelled seasonally........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/22/2008 10:03:22 PM)
New process could cause titanium price to tumbleWhether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.
That could change, however, with a non-melt consolidation process being developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and industry partners. The new processing technique could reduce the amount of energy mandatory and the cost to make titanium parts from powders by up to 50 percent, making........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 5/20/2008 9:56:40 PM)
Researchers Create Superior PolymerScientists at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar cells.
The polymer, a nanocomposite that incorporates functionalized, exfoliated graphene sheets, even conducts electricity, and scientists hope to use that property to eventually create thermally stable, optically........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/19/2008 8:43:43 PM)
Mid-Infrared Lasers Show Doubled EfficiencyScientists at the Center for Quantum Devices at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have recently doubled the efficiency of infrared lasers under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Efficient Mid-wave Infrared Lasers (EMIL) program.
As these types of lasers become more efficient, they could be used in next-generation laser-based defense systems to fool incoming missile attacks or detect explosives........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/19/2008 6:34:41 PM)
Nanosoccer Robots in Action in PittsburghNanosoccer returns to the field later this month, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts for the second time the world's most Lilliputian sport. Three student teams will participate in a public exhibition at the 2008 U.S. "RoboCup Open" in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 25 to 27, where miniature "soccer players"-computer-driven robots six times smaller than an amoeba operating on a field the size of a grain of rice-will show........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 10:05:18 PM)
Musa textilisConnor is responsible this series
Musa textilis is the third of three plants from the GFU for Underutilized Species series. Many thanks to Hannes Dempewolf and Paul Bordoni. Photo courtesy of Botanische Bilddatenbank
Abacá is a species of banana (Musaceae) with inedible fruits, native to the Philippines. It is also grown widely in Borneo and Sumatra. Sometimes it is referred to as "BacBac". The plant is harvested for its fibre, called........Go to the Botany-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 6:09:01 PM)
Types of Port WinePorts vary in color, taste, and complexity based on the grapes used to produce them and the material used in the aging process. Among the most commonly found types of port are:Tawny Port - Tawny port is made from red wine grapes, aged in wood. A reserve tawny is one that has been aged at least seven years. Tawny ports are usually light yellow in color and have a slightly "nutty" taste. Tawny ports made from a single vintage are called........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 5:59:04 PM)
Bad day for this fishWhat you see above is getting to be a regular sight when we go out to Roundrock these days. The unfortunate fish in that poor photo (on extreme zoom for my little camera) was trapped against the overflow screen when the lake was pouring through it. (Looks like another inch of movement and it might have found a way through the screen and onto the adventure of the intermittent pond.
All those years when the lake was just a muddy puddle at the........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/16/2008 8:11:06 PM)
Atmosphere threatened by pollutants entering oceanA large quantity of nitrogen compounds emitted into the atmosphere by humans through the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitrogen fertilizers enters the oceans and may lead to the removal of some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, concluded a team of international researchers led by Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences Robert Duce.
The team of 30 experts from institutions around the........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/15/2008 8:18:48 PM)
Gravity-defying bird beak mysteryAs Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and transport food into their mouths.
The phalarope, commonly found in western North America, takes advantage of surface interactions between its beak and water droplets to propel bits of food from........Go to the Biology-blog (Added on 5/15/2008 7:30:57 PM)
Racism not an issue in firing of NBA coachesRace is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, eventhough white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows.
The University of Michigan study looked at differences between firing of African-American and white coaches in the National Basketball Association. The study found no difference in "technical efficiency" by race of coach, and........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 8:34:44 PM)
Aiming to sway votersThe 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, as per a new analysis which says that George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away voters from the opposing party using hot-button issues. The strategy leads to fragmentation, say political scientists, as candidates focus on multiple controversial issues, such as stem cell research or immigration, often........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 8:28:28 PM)
Estimated 3.2 Million Burmese Potentially AffectedAs a number of as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, as per geographic risk models developed by scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Lehman College, CUNY. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the scientists calculated the likely distribution of the population of Burma (also known as Myanmar) and developed maps of the regions at greatest risk........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 7:45:09 PM)
How Proteins Dissolve and CrystallizeIn the late 19th century the Czech scientist Franz Hofmeister found that some salts (ionic compounds) aided the solution of proteins in egg white, some caused the proteins to destabilize and precipitate, and others ranged in activity between these poles.
Hofmeister proceeded to rank "salt-out" (destabilizing) ions versus "salt-in" ions as per the magnitude of their effects. The resulting "Hofmeister series" governs the strengths of ions in........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 5/12/2008 8:28:24 PM)
Evolution of "gas giants"By shooting the high-energy Omega laser onto precompressed samples of planetary fluids, researchers are gaining a better understanding of the evolution and internal structure of Jupiter, Saturn and extrasolar giant planets.
The properties of dense helium (He) - which happens to be a principal constituent of giant gas planets like Jupiter - at thermodynamic conditions between those of condensed matter and high-temperature plasmas are........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/11/2008 10:22:05 AM)
Designer Isotopes Push the Frontier of ScienceDesigner labels have a lot of cachet, a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics.
The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes--the relatively new power researchers have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies, as per Bradley Sherrill, a University distinguished professor of physics and associate director for research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 5/11/2008 9:14:13 AM)
Chilean volcano captured blasting ashChile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke (centre left of image) into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in this Envisat image acquired on 5 May 2008.
The 1000 m-high volcano had been dormant for thousands of years before erupting on 2 May, causing the evacuation of thousands. Chaiten Volcano is located in southern Chile 10 km northeast of the town of Chaiten on the Gulf of Corcovado.
Envisat's........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/8/2008 8:54:07 PM)
High fuel prices could slash US emissions.HIGH gasoline prices could lead to a dramatic saving in US greenhouse-gas emissions. Thats the conclusion of economists in the US, who suggest high fuel prices are turning consumers off SUVs and onto smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Whats more, car owners are predicted to cut back on driving in order to save money. Together, these changes in consumer behaviour could make an important dent in the US contribution to global warming,........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/7/2008 7:47:52 PM)
Alternatives to ozone-depleting pesticideMethyl bromide, an odorless, colorless gas used as an agricultural pesticide, was introduced in the 1980s as an effective way to control weeds and increase fruit yields. Agricultural production nurseries around the world relied on methyl bromide (MB) to produce healthy plants for export and domestic sales. In 2000, the widely used pesticide was classified as an ozone-depleting substance, and in 2005 MB was banned in the United States and all........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/7/2008 7:42:27 PM)
Moms have few interactions with their infants during TV timeInfants who are exposed to television and video in low socio-economic households tend to have limited verbal interactions with their mothers, as per a new study led by Alan L. Mendelsohn, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Research for the divisions of General and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine.
The study, reported in the recent issue of Archives of........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 5/5/2008 8:25:26 PM)
Hillary supports McCain's 100 years in IraqIt is facinating to see Hillary holds 'McCain's 100 years in Iraq" view :
How easy we forget...Febuary 20,2005 on national TV...CBS's Face the Nation. Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Lindsey Graham were interviewed by Bob Schieffer.
I found this interview....well I almost fell off the chair. Given the recent DNC ad about John McCain's 100 year in Iraq statement and the GOP threat to bring suit to remove it. W'ell it's a hot topic and........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/5/2008 7:36:56 PM)
As gas prices climb, employee productivity plummetsRising gas prices are affecting more than the family budget. More pain at the pump results in more employee stress on the job, says Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State Universitys College of Business.
People concerned with the effects of gas prices were significantly less attentive on the job, less excited about going to work, less passionate and conscientious and more tense, Hochwarter said. These people........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/5/2008 5:55:08 PM)
Ancient "Nutcracker Man" Challenges Ideas on EvolutionTiny marks on the teeth of an ancient human ancestor known as the "Nutcracker Man" may upset current evolutionary understanding of early hominid diet.
Using high-powered microscopes, scientists looked at rough geometric shapes on the teeth of several Nutcracker Man specimens and determined that their structure alone was not enough to predict diet.
Peter Ungar, professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas in........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 6:26:29 PM)
Low chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.
The forecast by scientists at CU-Boulder's Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research is based on satellite data and temperature records and indicates there is a 59........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 5:58:52 PM)
Did dust storms make the Dust Bowl drought worse?The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s was one of the worst environmental disasters of the Twentieth Century anywhere in the world. Three million people left their farms on the Great Plains during the drought and half a million migrated to other states, almost all to the West. But the Dust Bowl drought was not meteorologically extreme by the standards of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Indeed the 1856-65 drought may have involved a more........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 5:42:00 PM)
Heat transfer between materialsManaging heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors.
A team led by a University of Michigan mechanical engineer has received a five-year, $6.8-million grant from the Air Force to examine this problem, which is a barrier to more powerful, efficient devices.
Led by Kevin Pipe, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the team has........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 5:20:36 PM)
First nanoscale image of soilA handful of soil is a lot like a banana, strawberry and apple smoothie: Blended all together, it is hard to tell what's in there, particularly if you have never tasted the fruits before.
But when you look at soil's organic carbon closely, it has an incredible variety of known compounds. And looking closely is exactly what Cornell scientists have done for the first time -- at a scale of 50 nanometers (1 nanometer equals the width of three........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/28/2008 8:31:25 PM)
Satellite Mission To Map Earth's Water CycleMIT Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to make global soil moisture and freeze/thaw measurements, data essential to the accuracy of weather forecasts and predictions of global carbon cycle and climate. NASA announced recently that the Soil Moisture Active-Passive mission (SMAP) is scheduled to launch December 2012.
At present, researchers have no network for gathering soil moisture data as........Go to the Astronomy-blog (Added on 4/28/2008 8:27:05 PM)
Biodiversity Is Crucial to Ecosystem ProductivityIn the first experiment involving a natural environment, researchers at Brown University have shown that richer plant diversity significantly enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The finding underscores the benefits of biodiversity, such as capturing carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming.
Osvaldo Sala, director of the Environmental Change Initiative and the Sloan Lindeman Professor of Biology at Brown, and Pedro Flombaum, a........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/24/2008 10:28:21 PM)
Geological faults threaten HoustonHOUSTON, April 24, 2008 After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the regions builders and city planners.
This information the most accurate and comprehensive of its kind was discovered by Shuhab Khan, assistant professor of geology, and Richard Engelkemeir, a geology Ph.D. student, using advanced radar-like laser technology. ........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/24/2008 9:37:40 PM)
Injecting Sulfate Particles into StratosphereA much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact on Earth's protective ozone layer, new research concludes.
The study, led by Simone Tilmes of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., warns that such an approach would delay the recovery of the Antarctic ozone hole by decades and cause significant ozone loss over the Arctic.
The........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/24/2008 8:58:26 PM)
Party San Antonio StyleWhat began as an Easter celebration at a time when San Antonio was still a small desert enclave has become a week long celebration in America's fastest growing city. Fiesta rings in spring Texas style. There are parades, concerts, dancing in the streets, and of course, plenty of food.
Downtown San Antonio hosts nearly one hundred events beginning on April 18th. It is estimated that three million people will attend at least one event........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 4/23/2008 4:33:02 PM)
Making New Optical MaterialsChemical engineers have developed a "self-assembling" method that could lead to an inexpensive way of making diamondlike crystals to improve optical communications and other technologies.
The method, developed at Purdue University, works by positioning tiny particles onto a silicon template containing precisely spaced holes that are about one-hundredth the width of a human hair. The template is immersed in water on top of which particles are........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/22/2008 9:24:59 PM)
Rewrite Fossil History Of Shell-breaking CrabWhile waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell paleontologist Greg Dietl chanced upon a discovery that has helped rewrite the evolutionary history of crabs and the shelled mollusks upon which they preyed.
In a museum display case he recognized a 67- to 69-million-year-old fossil from the Late Cretaceous period of a big crab with an oversized right claw. Such crabs with claws........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 4/22/2008 8:54:44 PM)
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Cypripedium californicumThanks again to Ron Long for sharing one of his photographs with us through Botany Photo of the Day. Ron went to the Siskiyou Mountains area of Oregon a couple weeks after we had returned from the area. I gave him directions to some of the areas we investigated that had an incredible diversity of plants, and he was not disappointed (and, in fact, found many different plants that had not yet bloomed when we traveled there). As an example, the........Go to the Botany-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:48:49 PM)
Classic Cars and SpeedboatsIt's been four years since I last attended the Kirkland Concours d'Elegance and though it was a good show then, it has developed into a world-class international concours. So I don't intend to miss it this year since its the only one of of its type to be held in the Pacific Northwest. (Kirkland, should you be wondering, is a Seattle suburb on the east shore of Lake Washington.) The concours setting, on the grounds of Carillon Point,........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:48:35 PM)
Radicals Shake Up MoleculesUntil now, it was usually thought that colliding molecules get the shakes as the result of energy transfer solely from the smashing of the molecules, but some new research adds a second means by which colliding molecules become vibrationally excited--it is being called the "Tug o' War Mechanism".
The new experiment, transforming the textbook story, waccording toformed in the lab of Richard Zare, chair of the Department of Chemistry at........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:23:44 PM)
Extended cyclone relief efforts aided from spaceEarth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a especially long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the country on 2 and 3 May 2008.
Immediately after the disaster, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters', referred to as 'the Charter', for support by providing........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 7/3/2008 9:00:07 PM)
Best treatment for MS may depend on disease subtypeANN ARBOR, Mich. Animal studies by University of Michigan researchers suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different kinds of therapy.
The results, if borne out in further studies, point to a time when doctors will be able to target specific inflammatory processes in the body and more effectively help MS patients, using available drugs and........Go to the Health-blog (Added on 7/1/2008 9:58:15 PM)
Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom'HOUSTON -- June 30, 2008 -- Nearly a century after Danish physicist Niels Bohr offered his planet-like model of the hydrogen atom, a Rice University-led team of physicists has created giant, millimeter-sized atoms that resemble it more closely than any other experimental realization yet achieved.
The research is available online in Physical Review Letters
Bohr offered the first successful theoretical model of the atom in 1913, suggesting........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 6/30/2008 6:47:59 PM)
3-D Nanostructures with Magnetic MaterialsMaterials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures of magnetic materials such as nickel or nickel-iron alloys using techniques compatible with standard semiconductor manufacturing. The process, described in a recent paper,* could enable whole new classes of sensors and microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices.
The NIST team also........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/26/2008 8:26:00 PM)
Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics ReferenceThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). In development for over a decade, the DLMF is designed to be a modern successor to the 1964 "Handbook of Mathematical Functions," a reference work that is the most widely distributed NIST publication (with over a million copies in print) and one of the most cited works in........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 6/26/2008 8:22:43 PM)
Can You Be Arrested For Using Your Digital Camera?With terrorist related news being broadcast almost non-stop on TV it's easy to understand why there's an increased alertness towards suspicious activity of any kind
But what is "suspicious activity", and who decides what should, and shouldn't be allowed
There have always been locations where photography is prohibited, such as art museums, because electronic flashes can, over a long period of time, harm the........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 10:09:32 PM)
Who's Younger?You see two pictures.Try to guess who''s the younger one.My longest run was 40.(via b3ta)........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 9:43:11 PM)
Dubai Fashion Star: Designer Rabia ZI do try to escape my little fashion bubble and explore fashion on a global level and the latest international designer spark my curiosity is, Rabia Z. Winner of the “Emerging Talent” award and the winner of the British Council’s “Young Entrepreneur of the Gulf” award at Dubai Fashion Week, Rabia is revolutionising fashion for the modern Muslim woman. Check out the video for more on this hot designer!........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 8:55:52 PM)
Light-Driven Reversible NanoswitchesThe ability to see is based on molecules in the eye that flip from one conformation to another when exposed to visible light. Now, a new technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal surfaces allows the molecules to be switched between two different configurations in response to exposure to different wavelengths of light. Because the configuration changes are reversible and can be controlled without direct contact, this........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/23/2008 7:19:47 PM)
Famed McQueen-Revson Porsche Racer HighlightsMy memories of actor/racer Steve McQueen are just two: the first came during a Sebring 12-hour race when a colleague pointed him out. I wasn't a movie fan in those years so his presence meant little. The second happened when I was applying for a copywriter's job in a Toronto ad agency and with little agency experience worried that I might not be accepted. With time to spare I went to a local theater showing McQueen's........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/19/2008 10:06:29 PM)
system helping police to match tattoos to suspectsA Michigan State University researcher has created an automatic image retrieval system, whereby law enforcement agencies will be able to match scars, marks and tattoos to identify suspects and victims.
In a world filled with homeland security concerns, identity fraud and natural disasters, the need to establish the identity of an individual based on something other than a driver's license or demographic and personal data is vital, as per........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/19/2008 9:35:20 PM)
Ocean temperatures and sea level increasesNew research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
The results are published in the June 19 edition of the journal Nature. An international team of researchers, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory climate scientist Peter Gleckler, compared climate models with improved observations........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/18/2008 8:44:15 PM)
The Mystery of Mass Extinctions Is No Longer MurkyIf you are curious about Earth's periodic mass extinction events such as the sudden demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, you might consider crashing asteroids and sky-darkening super volcanoes as culprits.
But a new study, published June 15, 2008, in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level and sediment over the course of geologic time, that is the primary cause of the........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 6/17/2008 9:40:40 PM)
Cutting-edge weapons result of prehistoric experimentationIn today's fast-paced, technologically advanced world, people often take the innovation of new technology for granted without giving much thought to the trial-and-error experimentation that makes technology useful in everyday life. When the "cutting-edge" technology of the bow and arrow was introduced to the world, it changed the way humans hunted and fought. University of Missouri archaeologists have discovered that early man, on the way to........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 6/10/2008 8:23:25 PM)
Lost Reds In Homer PaintingMore than 30 years ago, when Northwestern University chemist Richard Van Duyne developed a powerful new sensing technique, he never thought he would be using it to learn more about treasures in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection -- including a watercolor recently featured in the museum's exhibition "Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light".
In Homer's watercolor "For to be a Farmer's Boy," painted in 1887, some of the red and........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 6/10/2008 8:15:31 PM)
New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race team of forensic researchers at the University of Copenhagen has studied human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds dating back to the iron age, and discovered a man who appears to be of arabian origin. The findings suggest that human beings were as genetically diverse 2000 years ago as they are today and indicate greater mobility among iron age populations than was previously thought. The findings also suggest that people in the........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 6/9/2008 8:02:02 PM)
Alaska Space Grant program launches B.E.A.R.AlaskaThe Alaska Space Grant Program and the Arctic Amateur Radio Club formed the Balloon Experiment And Research Programor B.E.A.R. for shortin December 2007. The program's aim was to launch a high altitude balloon equipped with two amateur radio signals and more from Poker Flat Research Range in the spring of 2008. On May 10, BEAR participants met to inflate and launch their first balloon. It flew as high as 95,327 feet above Fairbanks in........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/3/2008 10:14:21 PM)
Robots go Where Scientists Fear to TreadResearchers are diligently working to understand how and why the world's ice shelves are melting. While most of the data they need (temperatures, wind speed, humidity, radiation) can be obtained by satellite, it isn't as accurate as good old-fashioned, on-site measurement and static ground-based weather stations don't allow researchers to collect info from as a number of locations as they'd like.
Unfortunately, the locations in question are........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/27/2008 9:37:09 PM)
Seve Pulls for USASeve Ballesteros - now retired - was and is a man who marches to the beat of his own drum
Therefore, it's not surprising to read that Seve hopes the US wins this September's Ryder Cup at Valhalla in Kentucky
His reasoning? He doesn't want Europe's recent stranglehold on the Cup to become routine and boring
And I believe he has a point. Constant domination by one side in any competition can quickly become last........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 6:48:08 PM)
Singer Sheena Easton rebrands as gay icon© Close to Spectacula
Scottish born singer Sheena Easton is inundated with bookings for gay events. The Bond theme chanteuse big in the 1980s with hits such as "Modern Girl" went down a treat at the recent Phoenix Gay Pride Festival. Imminent events include the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride and a gay and lesbian cruise departing from New York
However the idea of Sheena Easton performing at gay events such as Glasgay in........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 4:39:23 PM)
Use of Genomics to Control DandruffThe article Dandruff Genomics in a recent issue of The Scientist featured Procter & Gamble scientist Thomas Dawson and the role of genomics in the development of anti-dandruff shampoo Head & Shoulders.
In 2001, with some understanding of scalp ecology, Dawson's team began looking into lipase metabolism of M. globosa and soon identified LIP1, the gene it uses to break down scalp oils (J Invest Dermatol, 127:2138-46, 2007). The........Go to the Health-blog (Added on 5/24/2008 4:18:33 PM)
Taking care of business shouldn't be just for menStudies reveal that in the dog-eat-dog, look-out-for-No. 1, highly competitive business world, only the aggressive, risk-taking alpha male can expect to succeed as an entrepreneur. That statement may sound sexist, but it represents a usually held gender stereotype. A team led by a University of Missouri researcher observed that these stereotypes influence whether or not men and women decide to pursue entrepreneurship as a viable career option.
........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/22/2008 10:24:35 PM)
Earth may hide a lethal carbon cacheCARBON buried in the Earth could ultimately determine the fate of our planets atmosphere. So concluded a pioneering meeting last week about the Earths long-neglected deep carbon cycle.
Carbon is locked away down in the Earths crust: in magma and old carbonate rocks buried by plate tectonics, in fossil fuels like coal and oil, and in ice lattices beneath the ocean bed. It has long been assumed that this carbon was largely cut off from the........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/21/2008 9:48:49 PM)
Seeing clearly despite the cloudsSatellites taking atmospheric measurements might now be able to see blue skies as clearly as optimists do. Scientists have found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. The result might lead to more accurate estimates of the amount of sunlight penetrating the atmosphere. Because clouds represent one of the largest areas of uncertainty, eventually this could........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/20/2008 9:33:17 PM)
Widespread airbag use could result in dramatic cost savingsAs per research reported in the recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, the new generation of airbags not only helps protect motor vehicle collision (MVC) victims from injury and death, but also are linked to dramatic cost saving to trauma centers. The study shows that the deployment of airbags in MVCs, especially in conjunction with the use of a seatbelt, significantly reduce injuries to the brain, face, spine and........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 5/19/2008 9:13:47 PM)
Greener offices make happier employeesAccording to the 2000 census, Americans office workers spend an average of 52 hours a week at their desks or work stations. Many recent studies on job satisfaction have shown that workers who spend longer hours in office environments, often under artificial light in windowless offices, report reduced job satisfaction and increased stress levels.
How can employers make office environments more conducive to productivity and employee happiness"........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/19/2008 7:51:11 PM)
Improved Ion Mobility Is Key to New Hydrogen Storage CompoundA materials scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release. The new analysis* may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications.
The abundant element hydrogen could play a role in replacing carbon-based fuels........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 9:57:40 PM)
Item! Candidates are buying your voteMention the words vote buying and modern-day political villains Jack Abramoff and Tony Rezko probably come to mind, or perhaps special interest groups that donate to a politicians campaign and expect support when relevant bills come to vote. It may shock American sensibilities to learn that, in an economic sense, our votes are bought with every election in the form of campaign promises that are paid later at a cost to the voter in the form of........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 9:46:36 PM)
Sorenstam To RetireCourtesy: Fairways.c
You could say she's going out on a high note.
Annika Sorenstam has announced she will retire at the end of the year. But she's not going quietly........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 5/18/2008 5:55:57 PM)
Cannes: Lion's Den"In his breakthrough film Crane World (1999), Pablo Trapero displayed his mastery at depicting wide open urban spaces and liberating patches of sky in his native Buenos Aires," writes Howard Feinstein for Screen Daily
"Then, in Born and Bred (2006), he created a parallel world in nature, capturing the endless, intoxicating landscape of Patagonia. Now, with Lion''s Den (Leonera) he successfully and gracefully shifts in the reverse direction,........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 5/16/2008 8:20:08 PM)
El Nio may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyageA new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellans historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions including what we now know as El Nio which eased his passage across the Pacific Ocean, but ultimately led him over a thousand miles from his intended destination.
Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 with hopes of claiming........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/15/2008 8:09:23 PM)
Scientists aim to unlock deep-sea 'secrets' of Earth's crustResearchers from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earths crust.
The Durham experts will lead an international team of 12 researchers aboard Britains Royal Research Ship James Cook which will set sail from Ponta Delgada, San Miguel, in the Azores on Friday, May 23.
During the five-week expedition they will use explorer robots to map........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 9:04:12 PM)
Held together by metal-metal bondsChinese scientists have recently made a "golden crown" with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of scientists from the Universities of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Nanjing report their unusual compound in the journal Angewandte Chemie: the molecular ring structure is held together exclusively by gold-gold bonds and is thus the largest ring system made of gold........Go to the Chemistry-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 8:58:14 PM)
Earth impacts to human-caused climate changeA new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.
Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York and researchers at 10 other institutions have linked physical and biological impacts since 1970 with rises in temperatures during that........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 8:22:18 PM)
Accounting practices ultimately affect global economyHow much a particular hill of beans is worth may depend on whos counting the beans. When it comes to accounting standards in the business world, every bean counts, but the quality of financial reporting differs from country to country. In a recent study, a University of Missouri researcher observed that uniform and strict auditor enforcement may be more important than a countrys accounting standards, and the quality of reporting can affect the........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/14/2008 7:37:32 PM)
Hot climate could shut down plate tectonicsA new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place.
"The heat mandatory goes far beyond anything we expect from human-induced climate change, but things like volcanic activity and changes in the sun's luminosity could lead to this level of heating," said lead author Adrian........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/12/2008 8:20:18 PM)
Ancient Beachcombers May Have Travelled SlowlyNew evidence, more questions. That's the thumbnail of the first new data reported in 10 years from Monte Verde, the earliest known human settlement in the Americas.
Evidence from the archaeological site in southern Chile confirms Monte Verde is the Americas earliest known settlement and is consistent with the idea that early human migration occurred along the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago, but questions remain about just how........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 5/12/2008 8:05:52 PM)
Pressure Effects On NanomaterialsTransistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists.
The scientists defined the role high pressure plays in precisely tuning the fundamental properties of nanomaterials and, in particular, nanoparticle assemblies that are important for device applications.
The team, made up of LLNL researchers Christian Grant, Jonathan........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 5/11/2008 10:18:34 AM)
Epimedium grandiflorumFor local readers, just a reminder that the Perennial Plant Sale at UBC BG is coming up on Sunday. This particular Epimedium won''t be there, but I noticed there were several others on the list of plants for sale in 2008
Thank you to Connor for both today''s photograph and write-up
Epimedium grandiflorum is a member of the Berberidaceae and is native to China, Korea, and parts of Japan. Its silky white petals and sepals with a........Go to the Botany-blog (Added on 5/8/2008 8:11:05 PM)
Fests and eventsNew Yorkers headed to the Walter Reade this evening to see Joachim Trier present his highly regarded Reprise may want to stick around to see Trier introduce Remonstrance, made by his grandfather in 1972. As the L Magazine''s Mark Asch notes, "Erik Løchen was perhaps Norway''s premier modernist filmmaker.
At Twitch, Blake Ethridge reports from the Marfa Film Festival. Lots and lots here on the making of There Will Be Blood
The cinetrix........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 5/8/2008 7:48:19 PM)
Climate Models Overheat AntarcticaComputer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University. The study can help researchers improve computer models and determine if Earth's southernmost continent will warm significantly this century, a major research question because of Antarctica's potential impact on global sea-level rise.
"We........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/7/2008 7:40:40 PM)
University research contributes to global warmingAdd university research to the long list of human activities contributing to global warming.
Herv Philippe, a Universit de Montral professor of biochemistry, is a committed environmentalist who observed that his own research produces 44 tonnes of CO2 per year. The average American citizen produces 20 tonnes.
Herv PhilippeI did my PhD on nucleotide sequencing in the hope of advancing our knowledge of biodiversity, but I never thought that........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/7/2008 6:50:26 PM)
ESA contributes to ocean carbon cycle researchThe Earth's oceans play a vital role in the carbon cycle, making it imperative that we understand marine biological activity enough to predict how our planet will react to the extra 25 000 million tonnes of carbon dioxide humans are pumping into the atmosphere annually.
The colour of oceanic seawater depends largely on the number of microscopic phytoplankton, marine plants that live in the well-lit surface layer. Just like land-based plants,........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 5/5/2008 8:04:03 PM)
Global Warming Affects World's Largest Freshwater LakeRussian and American researchers have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
Drawing on 60 years of long-term studies of Russia's Lake Baikal, Stephanie Hampton, an ecologist and deputy director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Marianne Moore, a........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 6:28:06 PM)
Lexicon Evolved To Fit In The BrainThe latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary.
Dictionaries have often been thought of as a frustratingly tangled web of words where the definition of........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 6:21:06 PM)
How deep is Europe?The Earth's crust is, on global average around 40 kilometres deep. In relation to the total diameter of the Earth with approx. 12800 kilometres this appears to be rather shallow, but precisely these upper kilometres of the crust, the human habitat, is of special interest for us. Europe's crust shows an astonishing diversity: for example the crust under Finland is as deep as one only expects for crust under a mountain range such as the Alps. It........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 6:13:38 PM)
New Ocean CurrentResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They're also finding that as the temperature of the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these factors could help climatologists predict how the oceans........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/30/2008 5:45:17 PM)
Mini-Origami: ISI Folds Up Tiny Packages for Drug DeliveryScientists at the USC Information Sciences Institute have demonstrated a way to manufacture miniscule containers that might be used to deliver precise micro- or even nano- quantities of drugs.
As per ISI project leader Peter Will, who is a research professor in the Viterbi School of Engineering, the new technique, described in a paper in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, is a two-step process.
Part one is the creation of........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/29/2008 8:37:37 PM)
New 3-D test method for biomaterials 'flat out' fasterA novel, three-dimensional (3-D) screening method for analyzing interactions between cells and new biomaterials could cut initial search times by more than half, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Rutgers University report in the new issue of Advanced Materials.* The technique, an advance over flat, two-dimensional screening methods, enables rapid assessment of the biocompatibility and other properties........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/29/2008 8:17:56 PM)
Copper nanowires grown by new processA new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois. The copper nanowires could serve as interconnects in electronic device fabrication and as electron emitters in a television-like, very thin flat-panel display known as a field-emission display.
We can grow forests of freestanding copper nanowires of controlled diameter and length, suitable for........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 4/28/2008 5:20:39 PM)
'New' ancient Antarctic sediment reveals climate change historyRecent additions to the premier collection of Southern Ocean sediment cores at Florida State Universitys Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility will give international researchers a close-up look at fluctuations that occurred in Antarcticas ice sheet and marine and terrestrial life as the climate cooled considerably between 20 and 14 million years ago.
FSUs latest Antarctic sediment core acquisition was extracted from deep beneath the........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/28/2008 4:54:20 PM)
Genetic Sequencing of Protein from T. RexResearchers have put more meat on the theory that dinosaurs' closest living relatives are modern-day birds.
Molecular analysis, or genetic sequencing, of a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex protein from the dinosaur's femur confirms that T. rex shares a common ancestry with chickens, ostriches, and to a lesser extent, alligators.
The dinosaur protein was wrested from a fossil T. rex femur discovered in 2003 by paleontologist John........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 4/24/2008 9:34:01 PM)
Earthquake in IllinoisTo the surprise of a number of, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault and not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in Missouri's bootheel.
The concern of Douglas Wiens, Ph.D., and Michael Wysession, Ph.D., seismologists at Washington University in St. Louis, is that the New Madrid Fault may have seen its day and the Wabash Fault is the new kid on the block.
........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/24/2008 8:55:44 PM)
Book Review: You're So MoneyFarnoosh Torabi, whose current claim to fame is getting that crazy Jim Cramer to sit down every day for a video interview on stocks to watch at TheStreet.com, is the author of a new book You're So Money, which offers a wealth of personal finance advice to those in her generation, i.e., 30 and younger. Sort of a Personal Finance for Young Dummies, the book is an enjoyable read, and I learned a few things, even though I'm slightly too old........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 4/23/2008 5:26:23 PM)
Gene Therapy May Treat Cocaine AddictionUsing gene therapy, researchers have demonstrated in rats that increasing the levels of dopamine D2 receptors in the brain can reduce use of cocaine by 75 percent.
"By increasing dopamine D2 receptor levels, we saw a dramatic drop in these rats' interest in cocaine," said lead author Panayotis (Peter) Thanos, a neuroscientist with Brookhaven Lab and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Laboratory of........Go to the Health-blog (Added on 4/23/2008 3:59:24 PM)
The Antarctic deep sea gets colderThe Antarctic deep sea gets colder, which might stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses. This is the first result of the Polarstern expedition of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association that has just ended in Punta Arenas/Chile. At the same time satellite images from the Antarctic summer have shown the largest sea-ice extent on record. In the coming years autonomous measuring buoys........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 4/21/2008 8:21:13 PM)
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