Diatoms Are Next Go-To Nano Biorefinery
Single-celled marine creatures may hold the secret to unlocking solar technology, biodiesel and nutraceutical production that would allow panel prices to plummet and could make the clean energy source...
View ArticleThe DeExtinction Dilemma
Just because we can do something does that mean we should? That's the big question that a group of scientists started addressing as they imagined a world where extinct animals -- ranging from the...
View ArticleFrench Adults Functionally Cured of HIV
Just two weeks after a two-year-old Mississippi girl was reportedly cured of HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a group of French research subjects have also been functionally cured of the virus...
View ArticleMicrogravity Experiments in Space
The best place to study toothpaste dynamics is in space. That’s why personal product maker Proctor & Gamble is paying to send a science experiment to the International Space Station this week....
View ArticleDog Cancer Study Needs Pups
The leading cause of doggy death for canines over two years old is cancer. Not surprisingly pet lovers would like to spend more time with their pooches because 12-15 years just isn't enough. Right now...
View ArticleLittle Girl Cured of HIV
While there is no cure for HIV a two-year-old girl in Mississippi has been “functionally cured” of the autoimmune virus that leads to AIDS. The case was discussed today at a retrovirus conference in...
View ArticleMediterranean Diet Best for Heart Health
Olive oil is good for heart health. Omega-3 fatty acids commonly found in fish prevents plaque build up. And even a glass of red wine will keep the old ticker…ticking. When you put all those heart...
View ArticleDNA Test Shows Rampant Fish Fraud
Something’s definitely fishy at the fish market, the sushi restaurant and across the seafood industry. New research from the organization Oceana shows that up to one third of all seafood sold in the...
View ArticleBillionaires Sweeten Science Prize Pot
Privately funded science prizes are all the rage. The X Prize Foundation laid the groundwork for this type of basic research incentive. Now a group of science-minded billionaires are sweetening the...
View ArticleVisualizing Big Data with 3D CAVE
Scientists at the University of Chicago are creating a Star-Trek-like holodeck to push science fiction closer to science fact. The new wraparound 3D environment allows researchers to stroll through...
View ArticleBrain Investment Could Pay off for Economy and Science
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3.8 billion and while some groused the 13-year project was unwise spending that investment resulted in about an $800 billion return for the U.S. economy. Last...
View ArticleMeteorite Explosion over Russia Injures 1,000
A ten-ton hunk of space rock traveling at about 33,000 miles per hour exploded over the Ural Mountains in Russia this morning. Car alarms blared as a streaking white-hot piece of a larger meteor...
View ArticleThe Spectral Beauty of Universality
Math, man and nature all converge in universality. This very complex pattern — that looks like a bar code — appears over an over again in complex climate models, the structure of the Internet and even...
View ArticleScientists Aroused by Viagra’s Other Uses
The little blue pill that is extending men’s sex lives is hardly a one-trick pony. Scientists are discovering other uses for Viagra and will start clinical trials to use the erectile dysfunction drug...
View ArticleWeight Loss Myths Busted (and 9 Facts)
The beginning of the year is the time when most people who need to shed some pounds turn to informercials and the Internet in search of their waistlines. But it’s hard to tell what’s what when it...
View ArticleJunk DNA Finally Has a Purpose
If the human genome is the computer of our cells then newly discovered gene switches are the operating system. When the Human Genome Project finished sequencing the book of life 12 years ago,...
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