April 2008
Bioengineering Feats - E. Coli that smells like Mint: Bioengineers are the space cadets of engineering, going boldly where no engineers have gone before, and they seem to be having a remarkably good time. Scientists all over the world are changing and rearranging living creatures for all kinds of reasons, some silly, some profound.
April 29th, 2008
Successes in Gene Therapy give Hope to Sightless: For the first time, researchers have used gene therapy to increase light sensitivity and improve vision in patients who were virtually blind, a finding that offers new hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with inherited forms of vision impairment.
April 28th, 2008
Banning Genetic Discrimination: The US Senate has voted unanimously to outlaw genetic discrimination. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bans US employers from using genetic information in hiring, firing, promotion and compensation decisions, and from collecting genetic information from employees.
April 25th, 2008
From Stem Cells to Heart Cells: In a petri dish, human heart cells pulsate rhythmically, much like the organ they would form part of in someone's body. But these cardiac cells have never been inside a human - or any living being. They were grown by Toronto scientists from embryonic stem cells in research being touted as a major advancement in so-called regenerative medicine.
April 23th, 2008
Laptop with a Mission Widens its Audience: A low-cost computer intended to aid children in poor countries will soon be on sale here, for two weeks only. » Click here for video!
April 21th, 2008
How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.: American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Daniel Sarewitz, director of CSPO at ASU, comments that for the foreseeable future, United States companies will need their own highly paid scientists.
April 20th, 2008
New High Resolution U.S. CO2 Emissions Map: Purdue scientists have released a high-resolution map of American per-capita carbon dioxide emissions to Wired.com. It shows the amount of carbon dioxide produced in 100 square kilometer regions of the United States divided by the number of residents in that area.
April 16th, 2008
Gauging a Collider's Odds of Creating a Black Hole: That question has been raised by the impending startup of the Large Hadron Collider.
April 15th, 2008
Can Cellphones Help End Global Poverty: Cellphones have penetrated every factor of the world except the most poor and illiterate. Cellphone companies are now looking into ways to bring cellphones to these people, not just for a profit, but because of an idea that they will revolutionize the way people live towards efficiency, with a bottom line that the world economy grows.
April 13th, 2008
Aviation Advance, Cleared for Take Off: At the Federal Aviation Administration's command center near Washington, the screens tell the story: More than 7,000 planes in the air at a time, crammed into an overloaded air-traffic system. And according to FAA acting administrator Robert Sturgell, it's only going to get worse as traffic doubles, even triples.
April 6th, 2008
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