Articles in the Category: SciLebs
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Featured Articles, SciLebs, Video on 07 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Science of…the 4th of July
The trash can smoke ring generator is a signature finale in Steve Spangler’s stage show… and was recently featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Everyone always wants to know how to make Steve’s classic giant smoke rings… now you can make them at home with a special Fourth of...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Featured Articles, SciClips, SciLebs on 06 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Science Festival Celebrates E.O. Wilson, Art
The Big Apple, known for its art and theater, rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the crossroads of art and science at the 2nd annual World Science Festival.
The festivities got underway June 10 with a star-studded gala event at Lincoln Center, followed by a reception celebrating renowned naturalist...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Math, SciLebs, Video on 04 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Dr. Stephen Hawking Seriously Ill
Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is seriously ill, Cambridge University said Monday.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, SciClips, SciLebs, Video on 12 30th, 2008 | No Comments
In Search of Bears
Courtesy of Wildlife Media
Bear biologist Chris Morgan is one of the foremost experts on grizzly and other rare bears. He travels the world raising awareness about these feared and revered animals.
From the last remaining Cascade Grizzlies to the rare sun bear on the island of Borneo, Dr. Morgan is...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Climate, Genomics, SciClips, SciLebs on 11 20th, 2008 | No Comments
Hollywood Gets Science
As the line between fact and fiction blurs in television and film productions, Hollywood is turning to the National Academies of Science for a much-needed dose of reality.
A new initiative, called the Science & Entertainment Exchange was announced yesterday and will match creative screenwriters...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Climate Change, Computer Science, Environment, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, SciLebs on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments
Science Fiction Author Crichton Dies
Michael Crichton, courtesy of Harvard University, photo by Jon Chase
After a very private battle with cancer best-selling author Michael Crichton died in Los Angeles. The man who made a career of making scientists perpetually angry could not outwit a devastating disease.
He opened the minds of hundreds...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Physics and Chemistry, Politics, SciClips, SciLebs on 05 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Einstein’s Theory of Religiosity
Albert Einstein, 1947
Einstein had a way with words, which confused many. His apparent contradictory opinions on science and religion allowed both the religious and non-religious to claim him as one of their scientists and great thinkers.
A new letter going up for auction sheds a little more light...
Rebooting Computer Science
Fire fighter locator can see through smoke and walls, courtesy of University of Buffalo
Computer science is in a slump. Ask Microsoft. The software company is putting its money on Michael Buckley, a computer programming professor at University of Buffalo. He is “computing with a cause”...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Physics and Chemistry, Science of..., SciLebs, Space, Video on 04 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Michio Kaku and Science of…The Impossible
Dr. Michio Kaku examines the link between science fiction and real science. From the technological advances of teleportation in Star Trek and a death star in Star Wars, Kaku rates the impossibility of such realities in the future in his new book, Physics of the Impossible.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in New Species, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 01 30th, 2008 | No Comments
The Beetle Namer
Image courtesy of Arizona State University/Artist: Charles J. Kazilek.
Dr. Quentin Wheeler is legitimately the bug guy at Arizona State University but he has become famous for his clever naming of the insects rather than for his discoveries.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Discoveries, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 01 22nd, 2008 | No Comments
The Accidental Discovery
Dr. Patricia Hunt, courtesy of WSU
Dr. Patricia Hunt just landed on Scientific American’s list of Top 50 Researchers of 2007. Two years ago she was working away on long term research and then a lab accident led to a major discovery.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 01 15th, 2008 | No Comments
Scientists build a working heart in the lab
Rat heart beats in the lab
Researchers at University of Minnesota have overcome a huge hurdle when it comes to building transplant organs. Using a new technique, they removed all the heart cells from a rat heart and replaced them with younger cells. And, much to their surprise the heart started beating...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 01 7th, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Road to Absolute Zero
Dr. Russell Donnelly, courtesy of University of Oregon
A new documentary takes a look at the coldest of the cold—absolute zero.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciLebs, Video on 12 7th, 2007 | No Comments
So long sickle cells
Dr. Tim Townes, courtesy of University of Alabama at Birmingham
New research from Alabama may spell the end for sickle cell anemia, a serious blood disorder that affects many African Americans. Using the new non-embryonic stem cell technique that was announced a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Tim Townes...
Amazing Dinosaur Discovery
Scientists are excited about a 67 million-year-old duck-billed hadrosaur so well-preserved its skin and possibly some internal organs are intact. It’s not quite the makings for a real-life Jurassic Park but this is perhaps the best example of what dinosaurs were really like. These remains were...
Scientific leap of faith
A snowboarding scientist is trying to make life’s hard knocks a bit softer.
Cite Unseen
When it comes to science, publishing is crucial for researchers. The quality of their science is scrutinized by peers who read their papers. For many scientists rising to the top of a given field requires publishing not only a lot of papers but by having other scientists cite their work in other papers....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 08 7th, 2007 | No Comments
Short Tensin Span
Dr. Yoseph Yarden, Weizmann Institute for Science
A group of scientists hot on the trail of what makes cancer spread has discovered a protein that might be responsible.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Food and Nutrition, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 07 31st, 2007 | No Comments
Peanut Promise
Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna, the scientific Mr. Peanut
After years of inventing useful peanut-based foods, Mohomed Ahmedna has announced his latest creation–the allergen-free peanut.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biotechnology, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 07 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Gel Guys
Darrin Pochan and Joel Schneider photo by: Kathy Atkinson, University of Delaware
Two unlikely partners–call them the Felix and Oscar of science–are helping to fuel the biotechnology revolution with their hydrogels.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Discoveries, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 07 17th, 2007 | No Comments
Faster Universe
Gruber Prize winner Dr. Saul Perlmutter climbs into Tarantula nebula in 1987
This week, a group of scientists received a $500,000 award for discovering that the universe is rapidly accelerating. The discovery is almost ten years old but the discoveries it spawned are still reverberating through space.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 07 11th, 2007 | No Comments
Ice Jam
A band of merry scientists rocked Antarctica July 1, becoming the first group to perform on the icy continent. The wintery twilight of the Antarctic peninsula makes a stunning back drop.
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