Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Methane May Be Building Under Antarctic Ice

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From Wired News/Science News: BALTIMORE — Microbes living under ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland could be churning out large quantitie...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Golden Bullet For Cancer? Nanoparticles Provide Targeted Version Of Photothermal Therapy For Cancer

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Infrared images made while tumors were irradiated with a laser show that in nanocage-injected mice (left), the surface of the tumor quickly ...

Video Games May Hinder Learning For Boys

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Video games could hinder academic performance for boys, a new study finds. Credit: Dreamstime. From Live Science: Parents who buy their chil...

Hurtling Star On A Path To Clip Solar System

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Heading our way (Image: ESO) From New Scientist: A star is hurtling towards us. It will almost certainly clip the outskirts of the solar sys...

Startups Focus On AI At South By Southwest

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From Technology Review: A new crop of startups aims to bring artificial intelligence to the masses. South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive ha...

Iceberg Forensics: Predicting The Planet's Future With Antarctic Ice

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From Popular Mechanics: In the last million years, the North American ice sheet has formed and completely melted about 10 times. Ice is melt...

Rolling Martian Avalanche Greets The Spring

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Martian Avalanche Keep those red rocks rolling NASA/JPL/University of Arizona From Popular Science: Springtime on Mars means the thaw of ...

Metal Nano-Particles Suspend Human Cells In Magnetic Scaffolding For Easy Organ Manufacturing

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Image: Cells Floating In a Magnetic Field: Nano3D Biosciences, via Technology Review From Popular Science: While scientists have become ...

Heat: A Visual Tour of What's Hot

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From Cool Infographics: Our friend, Jess Bachman from WallStats.com , created Heat: A Visual Tour of What’s Hot or Not in the Universe for ...

Why Drugs Don't Help Diabetes Patients' Hearts

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From Time Magazine: Doctors at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta on Sunday got some surprising news on the...

SEC: Hacker Manipulated Stock Prices

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From Threat Level/Wired: U.S. regulators are moving to freeze the assets and trading accounts of a Russian accused of hacking into personal ...

Can You Alter Your Memory?

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Image: Douglas Jones From The Wall Street Journal: Doctors Try New Therapy for Phobias; Taking the Sting Out Of Childhood Upsets. Is it pos...

Super Supernova: White Dwarf Star System Exceeds Mass Limit

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Cosmologists use Type Ia supernovae, like the one visible in the lower left corner of this galaxy, to explore the past and future expansion ...

7 Ways To Raise Your Risk Of Stroke

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From Live Science: Stroke is the number three killer in the United States, affecting almost 800,000 people each year, according to the Natio...

Sudan's Forgotten Pyramids

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An archaelogical site 300 kms north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The pyramids form one of the most spectacular sights in Sudan with abo...

Evidence For Life On Mars May Be Staring Us In The Face

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Sulphur in silence (Image: NASA/SPL) From New Scientist: THE footprint of life on Mars may have been plain to see all along in the sulphurou...

Fingertip Bacteria: A Promising Forensic Tool

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Credit: Technology Review From Technology Review: The genetic makeup of microbes on a person's skin could provide crime scene evidence...

Latest SpaceX Falcon 9 Engine Test A Success (With Video!)

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From Popular Mechanics: This weekend’s Falcon 9 engine test could pave the way for a test flight in early April. This weekend, the launch co...

Tested: A Reboot For The Immune System

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Reset Immune System iStock From Popular Science: The ability to reprogram the immune system is one of the most sought-after goals in medic...

NASA Aims For April 5 Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

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The space shuttle Discovery sitting on launch pad 39-A on August 27, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Im...