Henrietta Lacks Finally Recognised as the Source of Hela Cell Line.
In 1951 a 31 year old mother of 5 died of a very aggressive form of ovarian cancer. The cells of this cancer where cultured without the womans knowledge or […]
South Korea tests ‘electric road’ for public buses
The South Korean Government has begun a pilot program to lay out electrified roads, so that battery powered buses can be recharged on route. Fine the storey from Phys.org here
University of Oxford Puts out an App to view LHC Data.
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European Telescope Views Nursery of Large Magellanic Cloud
Melissa Higenboom, writes about study that the European Southern Observatory, of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
This House Produces More Energy than it Uses.
Aaron Tilley has written a piece for Forbes that high-light this new house that uses less power than it produces.
Robot Now Able to Encompass the Human theory of Mind
The new robot iCub is able to intuit. This article in New Scientist has more.
Scientists Discover Key Protein in Aging Process
Scientist at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered a key protein that regulates autophagy. Medical Xpress has more on the Journal Article published Nature Communications.
Heterogenous Nanostructures Now Easier, with Benefits to Computing and Many Other Fields.
This research by Mark Matsen of the University of Reading in the UK is covered by phys.org and published in the Journal European Physical Journal E DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2013-13044-9
ITC Apple Ban Veto Questioned by South Korean Government.
The Guardian has a piece dealing with the recent decision by the US president Barak Obama, to veto the ITC (internation Trade Commisions) ban on Apple Iphone 4 and iPad2. […]
Three Dimensional Action of a membrane bound Protein Observed in its Natural Environment For the First Time.
A team from that Max Planck Institute for Physiology has observed the function of the Rab GTPase Protein in its natural environment for the first time. Phys.org has the coverage […]
