February 27th, 2009 
Malvika Sampat 
Photo: Part of Lascaux famed cave drawings in southwest France, shown last summer. (AP Photo/Pierre Andrieu, Pool)
From CBS News:
Scientists Meet To Try And Save Lascaux’s Murals In France At Risk Due To Global Warming.
(AP) Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened Thursday in Paris to discuss how to stop the spread of fungus stains – aggravated by global warming – that threaten France’s prehistoric Lascaux cave drawings.…
Posted in Science News 
Tags: Andrieu, Ap Photo, Biologists, Bulls, Cbs, Cbs News, Challenges, Felines, Fungus, Gaulthier, Geologists, Global Warming, International Scientific Committee, Lascaux Cave Drawings, Lascaux Caves, Murals, Prehistoric Cave Drawings, Scientists, Southwest France, Stains 
Comments Off February 25th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
A normal mouse tooth on the left, where ameloblast cells that produce enamel are glowing in red. On the right is a tooth with the Ctip2 gene deleted, and little enamel has been able to form. (Credit: Image courtesy of Oregon State University)From Science Daily:
ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2009) — Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the repair of damaged enamel, a new concept in cavity prevention, and restoration or even the production of replacement teeth.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Academy Of Sciences, Cavity Prevention, Cells, Credit Image, Dental Treatment, Genetic Discovery, Immune Response, Lead Treatment, National Academy Of Sciences, Nervous System, Oregon State University, Proceedings Of The National Academy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Replacement Teeth, Science Daily, Sciencedaily, Scientists, Tooth Development, Tooth Enamel, Transcription Factor Comments Off February 25th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
Are we lost? Women tend to describe directions as ‘right of’ and ‘left of’ landmarks, while men are better at reading maps, a study foundWomen are worse at reading maps but better at finding lost items, research into how the sexes perceive beauty has revealed.…
Posted in Science News Tags: 10 Women, Daily Mail, Images, Impressions, Landmarks, Lost, Magnetic Fields, Meg, Men Women, Neurons In The Brain, Participants, Reading Maps, Scientists, Sexes Comments Off February 24th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
Image from Esther’s SpaceFrom Live Science:
The Internet is no doubt changing modern society. It has profoundly altered how we gather information, consume news, carry out war, and create and foster social bonds. But is it altering our brains? A growing number of scientists think so, and studies are providing data to show it.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Brain, Brains, Evolution, Image, Live Science, Neuroscientist, No Doubt, Scientists, Social Bonds Comments Off February 24th, 2009 Tushar Mathur 
This photo, provided by ProtoLife, shows vesicles, artificial membranes for cells, made from scratch. Teams around the world, including ProtoLife, are trying to create synthetic life in a lab. Martin Hanczyc / APFrom MSNBC/AP:
First cell of synthetic life can only be seen under a microscope.
WASHINGTON – Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they’re getting closer.…
Posted in Science News Tags: 10 Years, Artificial Membranes, Cells, Chief Operating Officer, Handful, Microscope, Msnbc, Photo, Protolife Of Venice, Protolife Of Venice Italy, Scientists, Scratch, Synthetic Life, Wet Artificial Life Comments Off February 24th, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
“I expect that the new method we developed will transform the microelectronic and storage industries, and open up vistas for entirely new applications,” said co-lead investigator Thomas Russell.From NBC Bay Area News:
A new technique developed by scientists at UC Berkeley and University of Massachusetts Amherst may drastically increase the ability of devices to store things.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Bay Area News, Data Storage, Dramatic Improvements, Dvds, Electronic Media, Elements, Microelectronic, Nbc, Open Doors, Scientists, Storage Capacity, Storage Industries, Surfaces, Thomas Russell, Uc Berkeley, University Of Massachusetts, University Of Massachusetts Amherst Comments Off February 23rd, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
Fermilab’s Tevatron: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab From Pop Science:
Competitor takes advantage of LHC’s accident.
Particle accelerator smackdown! Scientists working on Fermilab’s Tevatron have been talking some smack (in the politest of terms), saying they have a good shot at finding the elusive Higgs boson before the currently out-of-commission Large Hadron Collider does.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Accelerator, Bosons, Chimps, Chimps As Pets, Competitor, Emissions, Fermilab, Hahn, Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, Particle Accelerator, Politest, Pop Science, Scientists, Tevatron Comments Off February 23rd, 2009 Malvika Sampat 
From Breitbart/AFP:
Scientists on Sunday unveiled lab-made human antibodies that can disable several types of influenza, including highly-lethal H5N1 bird flu and the “Spanish Flu” strain that killed tens of millions in 1918.
Tested in mice, the antibodies work by binding to a previously obscure structure in the flu virus which, when blocked, sabotages the pathogen’s ability to enter the cell it is trying to infect, according to the study.…
Posted in Science News Tags: 1918, Achilles Heel, Bird Flu, Flu, Flu Strain, Flu Study, Flu Virus, H5n1 Bird Flu, Human Antibodies, Influenza, Mice, Mutation, Pathogen, Scientist, Scientists, Spanish Flu, Strains, Tens, Universal Comments Off February 22nd, 2009 Tushar Mathur Amazing technology from Japan
. . . .
but can you guess what it is ?
Look closely and guess what they could be…
Are they pens with cameras?
Any wild guesses? No clue yet?
Ladies and gentlemen… congratulations!
You’ve just looked into the future… yep that’s right!
You’ve just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future. …
Posted in Tech News Tags: Amazing Technology, Cameras, Clue, Desktop Computer, Flat Surfaces, Japan, Keyboard, Ladies And Gentlemen, Laptop, Laptops, Miniature Computers, Pens, Pockets, Scientists, Yep Comments Off February 22nd, 2009 Malvika Sampat From Wired Science/Reuters:
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two U.S.…
Posted in Science News Tags: Computer Processors, Current, Dvds, Electronics, Film Material, Fraction, Illustration, Nanostructures, New Materials, Photo, Reuters Handout, Science, Scientists, Semiconductor Technology, Silicon Chips, Transistors, University Of Massachusetts, University Of Massachusetts Amherst Comments Off
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