| Scientists Identify the Brain’s Activity Hub | | 2008-06-30 23:01:36 | | By BENEDICT CAREY : The outer layer of the brain, the reasoning, planning and self-aware region known as the cerebral cortex, has a central clearinghouse of activity below the crown of the head that is widely connected to more-specialized regions in a large network similar to a subway map, scientists reported Monday.
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| Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs | | 2008-06-20 08:13:16 | | By JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press Writer
Scientists believe NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander exposed bits of ice while recently digging a trench in the soil of the Martian arctic, the mission’s principal investigator said Thursday.
Crumbs of bright material initially photographed in the trench later vanished, meaning they must have been frozen water that vaporized after being exposed, [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Scientists create bacteria that eat junk, produce oil | | 2008-06-19 09:11:00 | | A company called LS9 is creating nearly pump-ready oil using single-celled bacteria. They start with industrial yeast organisms or "non-pathogenic strains of E. coli," and redesign their DNA so that they produce a different kind of waste. Crude oil is not far removed, molecularly, from the fatty acids expelled by yeast or E. coli during fermentation, so a little bit of DNA alteration bypasses the fatty acids and produces "Oil 2.0."The "bugs" can be fed a variety of feedstock, from politically sensitive corn to Brazilian sugar cane to California wheat straw to Southern wood chips. The result is the same: crude oil that is almost ready to pour into your car. What's more: the enterprise is carbon negative, putting out less CO2 than the operation requires. At the moment it takes a 1,000-liter fermentation machine one week to make a 40-gallon drum of crude.It will be a moment before they have a seamless industrial-sized operation. And there is that little concern of hundreds of billions of | | By: Car News | | |
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| Is Evolution In Trouble? A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism: Over 700 Scientists Reject Evolution And Counting! | | 2008-06-17 11:26:00 | | Most Americans seem to think that "all" scientists believe in the theory of evolution.Nothing could be further from the truth.There are a huge number of highly qualified scientists who reject Darwinism and that number is growing every day.Here is one example of this movement away from Darwinism:----http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/A Scientific Dissent From DarwinismDuring recent decades, new scientific evidence from many scientific disciplines such as cosmology, physics, biology, "artificial intelligence" research, and others have caused scientists to begin questioning Darwinism's central tenet of natural selection and studying the evidence supporting it in greater detail.Yet public TV programs, educational policy statements, and science textbooks have asserted that Darwin's theory of evolution fully explains the complexity of living things. The public has been assured that all known evidence supports Darwinism and that virtually every scientist in the world believes the theory to be t | | By: Shattered Paradigm | | |
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| 1 in 4 Indian Scientists Believes in God | | 2008-06-15 20:46:35 | | By Syed AkbarIn The Asian Age Eminent scientist Richard Dawkins can talk about the "God Delusion" but he won’t get much applause from his colleagues in India, for a new study says that one in four scientists of India believe firmly that there is a supernatural power up there guiding their destiny. The scientists also strictly follow religious practices and rituals for academic, professional, material and spiritual satisfaction.In all, 50 per cent of the scientists surveyed believe in the efficacy of prayers, as against just 10 per cent of scientists in the United States.A considerable number of them also believe in the theory of Karma, predestination, life after death while some others also believe in ghosts and evil spirits.A joint survey by the city-based Centre for Inquiry and the US-based Institute for the Study of Secularism, Society and Culture of Trinity College, revealed interesting facts on the beliefs and religious practices of Indian scientists.As many as 1,100 scientists | | By: Spiritual Village | | |
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| Do Scientists Know It All? | | 2008-05-25 14:25:00 | | The merits of various vaccines have been verified, the role of evolution in biodiversity has been clarified, and anthropogenically-induced global warming, well — is still being debated. But why is scientific authority challenged by skeptics in many corners? Sociologist Harry Collins of Cardiff | | By: CR4: The Engineer's Place for Discussion & New | | |
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| Scientists See Supernova in Action | | 2008-05-21 23:21:02 | | By DENNIS OVERBYE : A star trembled on the brink of eternity. Outwardly all was serene, but its inside was falling into chaos.
Far away on the day of Jan. 9, Earth time, a satellite telescope by the name of Swift, which happened to be gazing at the star’s galaxy, a smudge of stars 88 million [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Scientists bring new meaning to the term 'computer bug' | | 2008-05-21 09:01:31 | | US researchers have created ‘living computers’ by genetically altering bacteria. The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central’s open access Journal of Biological Engineering, demonstrate that computing in living cells is feasible, opening the door to a number of applications including data storage and as a tool for manipulating genes for genetic engineering.
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| We are Scientists - After Hours | | 2008-05-19 02:39:00 | | "After Hours" est extrait de l'album "Brain Thrust Mastery", sortie le 28 avril 2008. Ce n'est pas leur premier essai car ils ont déjà connu
un énorme succès au Royaume-Uni en 2005 avec des titres comme “Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt”,
“It’s A Hit” et “The Great Escape".
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| 172 PhD positions, young scientists INRIA | | 2008-05-17 18:18:00 | | NRIA offers young scientists PhD in one of its research teams. Preference will be given to candidates with mobility background and themes related to the Institute of priority topics.
Opening the campaign: March 3, 2008.
* View positions available and applied on-line.http: / / www.talentsplace.com/syndication1/inria/ukdoc list is updated frequently.
* Suggestions posted online, how and | | By: International Scholarships | | |
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| We Are Scientists, "Chick Lit", video | | 2008-05-05 00:24:00 | | En su momento publicamos en Festivaleros el videoclip del tema "After Hours" de We Are Scientists, primer sencillo de su último disco "Brain Thrust Mastery". Ahora le toca el turno al video del segundo sencillo, "Chick Lit".
www.wearescientists.com
www.myspace.com/wearescientists
Festivaleros :: Música, Conciertos y Festivales
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| Colossal Squid Has Biggest Animal Eyes in World, Scientists Say | | 2008-05-01 23:06:04 | | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS : WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across — bigger than a dinner plate — making it the largest animal eye on Earth.
One of the squid’s two eyes, with a lens [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Scientists find dinosaur extinction clues in fat | | 2008-04-27 09:47:27 | | A team of researchers at New York Medical College has discovered why birds, unlike mammals, lack a tissue that is specialized to generate heat. A paper published April 21, 2008 in the online peer-reviewed journal BMC Biology contains the surprising implication that the same lack of heat-generating tissue may have contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs.
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| Scientists uncover process behind heart muscle contraction | | 2008-04-09 12:33:41 | | Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after discovering the previously unknown role of two enzymes in heart muscle contraction, as detailed in the April 11 cover story of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Although in the early stages, the research provides fresh knowledge of how heart muscle functions and also holds early potential as a treatment for various heart diseases -- including congestive heart failure -- that is possibly less taxing on the heart than current regimens.
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| The Largest Known Black Hole Discovered by Finnish Scientists | | 2008-03-26 15:50:49 | | Finnish researchers have discovered the largest known black hole so far. This massive black hole is lurking in the middle of quasar OJ 287, about 3.5 billion light years away from the Earth. The discovery of Finnish scientists was published last in Astrophysical Journal by Mr. Mauri Valtonen
This recently discovered black hole has a really [...] | | By: Homeboy's Astro Blog | | |
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| Five Important Natural Scientists and Their Findings | | 2008-03-23 16:51:54 | | Instead of listing the five most important natural scientists, this list generally defines five important natural scientists. It is very difficult to say which scientist is more important than another, so that’s why this list doesn’t put scientists in order. This list defines five natural scientists that have made remarkable findings related to astronomy and [...] | | By: Homeboy's Astro Blog | | |
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| Scientists have found the reason of human passion to sweets | | 2008-03-19 18:55:44 | | The experts have decided to find out, why our mouth waters at the sight of appetizing cakes or pies and we are ready to forget about a diet. It has appeared, that fieriness of gustatory preferences occurs not even because of shortage of self-control. The scientists of the Northwest University Feinberg/USA/have established, how hunger symptoms [...] | | By: Pharma Blog: All About Everything… | | |
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| Scientists | | 2008-02-26 23:29:11 | | Princess wanted help with her science. She said she had to make a sentence out of each term, without repeating the definition. OK. “Transpiration, the process by which plants give off water through their stoma.” Hmm. The Department of Transpiration announced new water saving incentives today. “Respiration, the process of releasing energy from food.” Hmm. My stupid mother thought respiration meant breathing. “Water cycle, the process by which water moves through the environment.” Hmm. I always wear my helmet when I ride my water cycle. She doesn’t ask me for help much anymore. Stephen Hawking is soooooo bad . . . . A duet of singing Tesla coils. The 10 Most Bizarre Scientific Papers. 41 Hilarious Science Fair Experiments. And they are real, unlike the one to the right. Research LOLcats. String Theory explained in two minutes. They explained it, but I still don&rs | | By: Miss Cellania | | |
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| 1st Young Scientists Forum on Central and South East Europe | | 2008-02-21 05:33:00 | | "System changes of South Eastern European societies: Social, political and
demographic consequences"
4 - 6 of December 2008, Vienna
Applications including a CV and an abstract of the research project/paper (two pages) that shall be presented and discussed at the symposium may be handed in by e-mail until 1st of April to:
Ms. Gejsi Plaku: g.plaku@idm. at
http://www.idm. at/index. php? | | By: 10 Academic Resources Daily | | |
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| Scientists Baffled, Just Baffled That The Snow Keeps Falling ... Buuurrr | | 2008-02-14 17:58:41 | | To quote Al 'Goracle' Gore:Scientists “don’t have any models that give them a high level of confidence” ... scientists “don’t know. … They just don’t know.”I know Al ... I know.Denver Post:Dry-winter forecasts were flat wrong this year for much of Colorado and the Southwest, and weather experts say they're struggling to understand why the snow just keeps falling.Some forecasters blame climate change, and others point to the simple vicissitudes of weather. Regardless, almost everyone called for a dry-to-normal winter in Colorado and the Southwest — but today, the state's mountains are piled so thick with snow that state reservoirs could fill and floods could be widespread this spring."The polar jet stream has been on steroids. We don't understand this. It's pushing our limits, and it's humbling," said Klaus Wolter, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado at Boulder.Baffling ... just baffling.
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| Scientists Reprogram Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells | | 2008-02-12 02:59:00 | | (HealthDay News) -- U.S. scientists say they've reprogrammed human skin cells into ones with the same blank-slate properties as embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that could aid in treating many diseases while sidestepping controversy.Human embryonic stem cells have the ability to become every cell type found in the human body. Being able to create these cells en masse and without using human eggs or embryos could generate a potentially limitless source of immune-compatible cells for tissue engineering and transplantation medicine, said the scientists, from the University of California, Los Angeles.The researchers genetically altered human skin cells using four regulator genes, according to findings published online in the Feb. 11 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.The result produced cells called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are almost identical to human embryonic stem cells in function and biological structure. The repro | | By: Integrative Medicine (CAM) Blog | | |
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| Scientists in Japan claim to have developed techology to melt asbestos and prevent release of fibers into the air | | 2008-02-08 22:08:00 | | Researchers with Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology claim that they can melt asbestos. Their new technology has been reported to melt the flame-resistant material into a liquid. The liquid then cools and turns into a sealed solid that can be handled and removed without releasing dangerous asbestos fibers. The process uses strong infrared rays from a newly developed gasket. The researchers also claim that, while their technology will melt asbestos from a concrete wall in seconds, it will not harm the concrete wall underneath. Asbestos was widely used in industrial settings for many decades, and removing it safely has been expensive and difficult. Inhaling asbestos fibers, which are easily released into the air when asbestos-containing materials are disturbed, can cause a variety of serious respiratory diseases, including malignant mesothelioma.For the full story, go to http://money.cnn.comAnd here is the rest of it. | | By: Mesothelioma Treatment Info | | |
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