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The pitter patter of little feet... climbing straight up a wall
Building upon several years of research into the gecko's uncanny ability to climb sheer walls, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an adhesive that is the first to master the easy attach and easy release of the reptile's padded feet.
Building upon several years of research into the gecko's uncanny ability to climb sheer walls, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an adhesive that is the first to master the easy attach and easy release of the reptile's padded feet.
Materials Science
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About... Science Fiction
Even the biggest geeks can't know everything.
Even the biggest geeks can't know everything.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:09pm
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Reviewer leaked Avandia study to drug firm
A peer reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM ) broke confidentiality and leaked a damaging report about the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia to the drug's manufacturer weeks ahead of publication, Nature has learned.
A peer reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM ) broke confidentiality and leaked a damaging report about the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia to the drug's manufacturer weeks ahead of publication, Nature has learned.
Science Politics
Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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Bush Praises Skin to Stem Cell Breakthrough in State of the Union
President Bush's much-anticipated mention of stem cells in last night's State of the Union address isn't likely to change anyone's mind about the research or his policies.
President Bush's much-anticipated mention of stem cells in last night's State of the Union address isn't likely to change anyone's mind about the research or his policies.
Science Politics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:47pm
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:47pm
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New Experimental Website Converts Photos Into 3D Models
An artist might spend weeks fretting over questions of depth, scale and perspective in a landscape painting, but once it is done, what's left is a two-dimensional image with a fixed point of view. But the Make3d algorithm, developed by Stanford computer scientists, can take any two-dimensional image and create a three-dimensional "fly around" model of its content
An artist might spend weeks fretting over questions of depth, scale and perspective in a landscape painting, but once it is done, what's left is a two-dimensional image with a fixed point of view. But the Make3d algorithm, developed by Stanford computer scientists, can take any two-dimensional image and create a three-dimensional "fly around" model of its content
Technology
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:41pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008, 1:41pm
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Synthetic Biology: It's Not What You Learned, But What You Made
With the news yesterday that J. Craig Venter Institute scientists had built the first bacterial genome from the raw chemical components of DNA, we saw a host of science writers step up to contextualize the work and explain its significance.
With the news yesterday that J. Craig Venter Institute scientists had built the first bacterial genome from the raw chemical components of DNA, we saw a host of science writers step up to contextualize the work and explain its significance.
Resuscitation Science: Is There a Third State of Being?
They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting.
They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting.
Healthcare
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:14am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:14am
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EPA chief is under the microscope
Critics say Johnson, a devout former agency scientist, appears to ignore data as he heeds White House dictates.
Critics say Johnson, a devout former agency scientist, appears to ignore data as he heeds White House dictates.
Science Politics
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Source: LA Times
Posted on: Friday, Jan 25, 2008, 10:13am
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Creationists launch 'science' journal
The organization that last year opened a US$27-million creation museum in Kentucky has started its own 'peer-reviewed' scientific research journal.
The organization that last year opened a US$27-million creation museum in Kentucky has started its own 'peer-reviewed' scientific research journal.
Science Politics
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:48am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:48am
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A very mysterious foundation
Some 3,000 scientists, including more than 100 Nobel laureates, have apparently accepted membership of a body called the World Innovation Foundation (WIF), which claims to be a powerful world-changing network to provide “the technological tools and miracle technologies that we shall all need to solve the world's impending global problems”.
Some 3,000 scientists, including more than 100 Nobel laureates, have apparently accepted membership of a body called the World Innovation Foundation (WIF), which claims to be a powerful world-changing network to provide “the technological tools and miracle technologies that we shall all need to solve the world's impending global problems”.
Science Politics
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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Listen: Vistas, Science and Staying Warm at the South Pole
NPR's Danny Zwerdling is at the South Pole, reporting for the Climate Connections series. Michele Norris talks to Zwerdling about what the pole looks like, why scientists flock to the bottom of the Earth — and just what it takes to stay warm in wind-chill temperatures nearing 50 degrees below zero.
NPR's Danny Zwerdling is at the South Pole, reporting for the Climate Connections series. Michele Norris talks to Zwerdling about what the pole looks like, why scientists flock to the bottom of the Earth — and just what it takes to stay warm in wind-chill temperatures nearing 50 degrees below zero.
Environment
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:47am
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To Catch a Panda: Science in the Wild
Vanessa Hull is living atop a mountain in China in a quest to catch a panda.
Vanessa Hull is living atop a mountain in China in a quest to catch a panda.
Ecology
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:46am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 24, 2008, 11:46am
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Cancer Data? Sorry, Can’t Have It
One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They don’t.
One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They don’t.
Science Politics
Source: NYT
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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Source: NYT
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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That Scientist You Dissed May One Day Be Your Reviewer
Kyle Finchsigmate, founder of The Chem Blog, has told a fantastic story about a snobby scientist. It is not just entertaining, but also exposes a major flaw in the way that some researchers judge each other -- they are shamefully disrespectful of scholars from little-known schools.
Kyle Finchsigmate, founder of The Chem Blog, has told a fantastic story about a snobby scientist. It is not just entertaining, but also exposes a major flaw in the way that some researchers judge each other -- they are shamefully disrespectful of scholars from little-known schools.
Science Politics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 2:12pm
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Math Models Snowflakes In Extraordinary Detail
Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mathematics
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:56pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:56pm
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SSDs, The Death Knell Of Hard Drives?
It's far too early to declare the computer hard drive obsolete. But thanks to the tech industry's ability to trim the size of flash memory chips, it is now possible to make full-feature laptops that store their data and programs on "solid-state drives," or SSDs.
It's far too early to declare the computer hard drive obsolete. But thanks to the tech industry's ability to trim the size of flash memory chips, it is now possible to make full-feature laptops that store their data and programs on "solid-state drives," or SSDs.
Technology
Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:56pm
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Source: CBS News
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:56pm
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Report: NIH Not Adequately Monitoring Conflicts of Interest
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, is not doing an adequate job of overseeing conflicts of interest involving the researchers who receive its grants, according to a new report from federal investigators. The report says NIH should collect more details on how universities are managing conflicts, but NIH says that's not its job.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, is not doing an adequate job of overseeing conflicts of interest involving the researchers who receive its grants, according to a new report from federal investigators. The report says NIH should collect more details on how universities are managing conflicts, but NIH says that's not its job.
Science Politics
Source: Science
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:55pm
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Source: Science
Posted on: Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, 6:55pm
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Newly discovered virus linked to deadly skin cancer
A new strategy to hunt for human viruses described in this week’s issue of the journal Science by the husband-and-wife team who found the cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma has revealed a previously unknown virus strongly associated with another rare but deadly skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma.
A new strategy to hunt for human viruses described in this week’s issue of the journal Science by the husband-and-wife team who found the cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma has revealed a previously unknown virus strongly associated with another rare but deadly skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma.
Cancer
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:59am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:59am
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High School Kids Discover, Get to Name, New Asteroid
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons
Playing computer games such as the Nintendo Wii can improve a surgeon's performance in the operating theatre, a US study shows.
Playing computer games such as the Nintendo Wii can improve a surgeon's performance in the operating theatre, a US study shows.
Healthcare
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:45am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:45am
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The Science Behind Falling in Love
So many factors go into falling in love, but new studies prove that it may be less about romance and more about science and that it all boils down to your five senses.
So many factors go into falling in love, but new studies prove that it may be less about romance and more about science and that it all boils down to your five senses.
Animal Behavior
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:44am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:44am
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The White House and the Whales
President Bush has exempted the Navy from environmental laws designed to protect whales from potentially harmful sonar.
President Bush has exempted the Navy from environmental laws designed to protect whales from potentially harmful sonar.
Science Politics
Source: NYT
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:44am
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Source: NYT
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:44am
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Stem cells: a national project
Japan is scrambling to harness the promise of Shinya Yamanaka's pioneering work that reprogrammed adult human cells into an embryo-like state. With unprecedented speed, the government is pouring money into developing this home-grown field, some of which will go towards funding a new Yamanaka-headed research centre at Kyoto University.
Japan is scrambling to harness the promise of Shinya Yamanaka's pioneering work that reprogrammed adult human cells into an embryo-like state. With unprecedented speed, the government is pouring money into developing this home-grown field, some of which will go towards funding a new Yamanaka-headed research centre at Kyoto University.
Science Politics
Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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Computer Understands Barking Dogs
Artificially intelligent Dr. Doolittles can understand dog barks as good or better than humans do.
Artificially intelligent Dr. Doolittles can understand dog barks as good or better than humans do.
Animal Behavior
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 17, 2008, 10:43am
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Global Advances Challenge U.S. Dominance in Science
The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia.
The United States remains the world leader in scientific and technological innovation, but its dominance is threatened by economic development elsewhere, particularly in Asia.
'MythBusters' is the stuff of legends, tall tales
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have the kind of jobs that many science geeks and teenage boys would lust for.
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have the kind of jobs that many science geeks and teenage boys would lust for.
Misc
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:48am
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Source: USA Today
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:48am
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New material pushes the boundary of blackness
U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.
U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.
Materials Science
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:47am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2008, 9:47am
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Science Debate 2008: An Idea Gaining Momentum
Last month a group of concerned citizens got together to take a stand for a Presidential debate focused on science. They started an online petition at sciencedebate2008.com with a list of supporters that includes 11 Nobel laureates, multiple university presidents, business leaders, politicians and more and more concerned citizens each day.
Last month a group of concerned citizens got together to take a stand for a Presidential debate focused on science. They started an online petition at sciencedebate2008.com with a list of supporters that includes 11 Nobel laureates, multiple university presidents, business leaders, politicians and more and more concerned citizens each day.
Science Politics
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008, 1:07pm
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008, 1:07pm
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Cosmic dust disc to force rethink
The discovery of a large disc of dust around a binary star system could force astronomers to rethink their computer models of the Universe.
The discovery of a large disc of dust around a binary star system could force astronomers to rethink their computer models of the Universe.
Astronomy
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Monday, Jan 14, 2008, 11:01am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Monday, Jan 14, 2008, 11:01am
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New Understanding For Superconductivity At High Temperatures
A magnetic field can interact with the electrons in a superconductor in ways never before observed. Andrea D. Bianchi, the lead researcher from the Université de Montréal, explains in the January 11 edition of the journal Science what he discovered in an exceptional compound of metals that loses its resistance when cooled to just a couple of degrees above absolute zero.
A magnetic field can interact with the electrons in a superconductor in ways never before observed. Andrea D. Bianchi, the lead researcher from the Université de Montréal, explains in the January 11 edition of the journal Science what he discovered in an exceptional compound of metals that loses its resistance when cooled to just a couple of degrees above absolute zero.
Physics
Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Sunday, Jan 13, 2008, 3:14pm
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Source: Science Daily
Posted on: Sunday, Jan 13, 2008, 3:14pm
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