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Just two weeks after a two-year-old Mississippi girl was reportedly cured of HIV,...
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NASA Press Conference, March 12, 2013 (36:07)
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While there is no cure for HIV a two-year-old girl in Mississippi has been “functionally...
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Dark Matter Detected…...
The simplest description of dark matter is matter that doesn’t interact with light. It also doesn’t directly interact with any atoms, which makes it almost impossible to observe. Only using sophisticated gravitational detection techniques, based on one of Sir Isaac Newton’s laws, seems to work. And until recently even that kept coming up empty yet there is so much of it out there....
Robot Ants Have No Choice ...
Scientists are always looking for a better way to get from Point A to Point B. Now sugarcube-sized robots that act like a colony of ants are teaching researchers the best way to do that.Robo Ants Find Efficiency and Map Movement of Social Insects
Ants don’t dilly-dally on their way back from lunch. They return to their nest from a food source using the shortest possible route. Scientists have...
Ready, Aim, Print: 3-D Gun...
25-year-old Cody Wilson is a well spoken and articulate guy with a bold idea. He is making digital files that will allow people to use 3-D printers to make working parts for homemade guns. And he’s hoping to have the latest version finished and ready for free distribution by the end of April. Law Student and 3-D Gun Printer Cody Wilson with a Home-Printed High Magazine Clip
Gun control proponents...
HeLa Cell Genome Sparks Pr...
When a European team announced they had successfully sequenced the entire genome of the first immortalized cell line they didn’t think it would cause a controversy. While they were happy to have successfully lined up all the billions of genetic base pairs of the HeLa cell they didn’t think they’d spark an international incident. Genomic Landscape of the HeLa Cell, courtesy of EMBL
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Diatoms Are Next Go-To Nan...
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 accessible and viable for everyone. But we have a lot to learn from the photosynthesizing powerhouse commonly known as diatoms. Diatoms, Pulled from a Phytoplankton Net in San Francisco Bay
In 2009 the...
Amazon CEO Recovers Apollo...
Jeff Bezos has been on a year-long fishing expedition. But the CEO of Seattle-based Amazon.com wasn’t deep-sea fishing at his leisure and his deep sea is deeper than most. Bezos Expeditions has been trolling the waters near Cape Canaveral, Florida looking for signs of spent rocket engines on the ocean floor. Saturn V Rocket Stage Structure, Located in 13,400 Feet of Water off Florida Coast
With...
The 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 ivory-billed woodpecker to the woolly mammoth — roam freely. Science is getting to the point where it is possible to clone, create hybrids and use genetics to resurrect extinct animal species....
French Adults Functionally...
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 that leads to AIDS. And their functional cure happened years before the little girl was born. HIV virus
Fourteen patients who started rigorous antiretroviral drug treatments within ten weeks of HIV infection...
Higgs Boson Cements Place ...
Last summer scientists decided that the Large Hadron Collider had spotted a Higgs boson, that elusive subatomic particle that has been theorized for a long time but never observed directly. It’s the particle that physicists believe gives all matter mass, which is why many also call it the God particle. When scientists made the announcement as fireworks exploded in the U.S. celebrating Independence...
ALMA Pokes the Biggest Eye...
For several years the Hubble Space Telescope has been sending remarkable pictures back to Earth that have fundamentally changed the way we view the universe. Now there is a new high-powered telescope on the astronomical block. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, dubbed ALMA, is a set of 66 radio telescopes that form a network of antennas that when working together equal a ten-mile wide...
OREO Commissions Scientist...
Nabisco’s famous OREO cookies used to come with a warning; Don’t fiddle with the middle. But a new social media campaign is encouraging people to build contraptions, Rube Goldberg machines and even robots to separate the white OREO cream filling from the chocolate cookie.
The company commissioned four groups of tinkerers, artists and scientists to develop an OREO separator that will isolate...
Mars Rover Finds Ingredien...
NASA Press Conference, March 12, 2013 (36:07)
The whole purpose of the most sophisticated and expensive science mission to Mars was to determine if the planet could have ever supported life based on the chemical composition of the red planet. Today, NASA says, “Definitely.” NASA Curiosity Science Team Discusses Finding Chemicals and Minerals That Could Support Life
After drilling a sample...
Prehistoric Camel Unearthe...
The story of climate change in the Arctic 3.5 million years ago and the discovery of the first known American camel — a dromedary 30 percent larger than today’s desert-dwellers — started when paleobiologist Natalia Rybczynski walked into a lecture in Ottawa, Canada being given by Earth science professor John Gosse. Paleobiologist Natalia Rybczynski Discovered Oldest Camel Bones in...
Microgravity Experiments i...
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. Dragon Capsule Docked at the International Space Station
When the private Dragon capsule docked at the ISS the astronauts aboard unloaded fresh bananas and apples first. Then they set to work unloading...
Dog Cancer Study Needs Pup...
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 the biggest question facing veterinarians is how often cancer arises in dogs. They just don’t know. Dr. Rodney Page Director of the CSU Animal Cancer Center with Golden Retriever Winston
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Little 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. Deborah Persaud from Johns Hopkins Determines “Functional Cure” for Little Girl with HIV
The case was discussed today at a retrovirus conference in Atlanta. And it begs the question, “Is There Hope for HIV Eradication?” That...
Coder Shortage Spurs Compu...
Did you ever wonder how people like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other high-profile computer programmers got their start? Anyone with dial-up knows that Bill Gates founded the software company Microsoft and that Mark Zuckerberg started the social media revolution with Facebook. But before those external byproducts of their computer coding prowess made each of them into billionaires simple lines...
Mediterranean Diet Best fo...
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 healthy food components together you get the Mediterranean diet.Eating a Mediterranean Diet Lowers Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
And new research from Spain confirms what more unscientific studies have...
U.S. Vows to Open Science,...
Any good crisis public relations expert knows that the best day to release bad news is on Friday afternoon. Most people are looking forward to the weekend and not paying big attention to the news. And it’s even better if there is something headline grabbing during the weekend like the Superbowl or the Academy Awards. Who knows if that’s what the White House planned but that’s what...
Sequester Will Squelch Sci...
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appeared on Face the Nation yesterday, saying it’s not too late to stop what he calls “dumb cuts.” He is talking about the looming sequester, which could slow the economy and possibly push it back into a recession. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls Sequester, “Dumb Cuts”
The sequester is a Congressionally-mandated spending cut...
DNA Test Shows Rampant Fis...
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 U.S. is mislabeled. One Third of All Fish Sold in the U.S. is Mislabeled
And the only way to tell the differences between endangered fish and food fish is through a DNA test. But the Food and Drug...
Billionaires Sweeten Scien...
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 prize pot for life sciences breakthroughs. Art Levinson, Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner Announce Breakthrough Prize Winners in San Francisco on February 20, 2013
The Breakthrough Prize is funded by Google...
