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Bones Of Contention: Dinosaur Cells Survived Millions Of Years Trapped In Bone

Bones Of Contention: Dinosaur Cells Survived Millions Of Years Trapped In Bone

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Twenty years ago Mary Schweitzer found herself the closest that anyone has ever been to a living dinosaur. As she examined a thin slice of a T. Rex bone fragment under a microscope, she realized she was looking at what appeared to be preserved red blood cells- cells which had no place in a 65 million year old fossil. It was the first time that anyone had found evidence that biological material could survive the passage of millions of years and still retain its molecular structure, challenging one of the central beliefs of paleontologists. 
Galaxy Evolution - An 8 Billion Year Pattern Emerges

Galaxy Evolution - An 8 Billion Year Pattern Emerges

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Star-forming galaxies take the form of orderly disk-shaped systems, like the Andromeda Galaxy or the Milky Way, where rotation dominates over other internal motions. The most distant blue galaxies in the study tend to be very different, exhibiting disorganized motions in multiple directions. There is a steady shift toward greater organization to the present time as the disorganized motions dissipate and rotation speeds increase. These galaxies are gradually settling into well-behaved disks.
First Patient In Randomized Controlled Hypertension Trial Of AV-Coupler Enrolled

First Patient In Randomized Controlled Hypertension Trial Of AV-Coupler Enrolled

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Cyberbullying Does Not 'Cause' Teen Suicide

Cyberbullying Does Not 'Cause' Teen Suicide

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

While it makes for convenient mainstream media news pieces to draw convenient lines between cyber-bullying and suicide and thus declare that ending bullying would end suicides, it's not so simplistic, notes research from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. Most teen suicide victims are bullied both online and in school, and many suicide victims also suffer from depression.
CHMP Positive Opinion For HUMIRA In Pediatric Crohn's Disease

CHMP Positive Opinion For HUMIRA In Pediatric Crohn's Disease

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Jonah Lehrer, Proust, And The Tyranny Of Salami

Jonah Lehrer, Proust, And The Tyranny Of Salami

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

In the scientific community, researchers call it salami slicing. Appropriately, the act consists of shaving down a collected dataset until a scientist reaches the smallest scrap of result that still constitutes an original idea.

This decontextualized whisper defines the least publishable unit: the publon. The researcher proceeds to neatly separate the salami slice from the rest of the data and use it as the meat of a submission to a peer-reviewed journal. The next step fills out the sandwich: Authors repeat the submission process several times with various combinations of the same publons and different academic journals.
Guidelines For Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing Not Being Followed In Europe

Guidelines For Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing Not Being Followed In Europe

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

Data presented at the international ID Week 2012 conference in San Diego showed that over three quarters (78%) of healthcare professionals surveyed in Europe believed that they may not be following guidelines for the testing of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), despite survey respondents believing that CDI is increasing with a large number of cases going undiagnosed.[1] 

Winners Of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 Announced

Winners Of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 Announced

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

Scientific products and services company Elsevier and the Federal Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (Capes / MEC), today announced the winners of the second edition of SciVal Award Brazil 2012, honoring higher education and research institutions for their contribution to the scientific development of the country. 

According to Scopus data, Brazil holds the 13th position globally in research output per country. The award honors Brazilian education and research institutions that stand out for their excellence in research performance. The ten winners were selected according to research performance indicators drawn from Elsevier's tool SciVal Spotlight, such as collaboration with Brazilian and foreign institutions and citations per document.

L'Oréal-UNESCO Announces Women In Science Laureates

L'Oréal-UNESCO Announces Women In Science Laureates

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

The L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO has announced the five women scientists who will be honored as the 15th L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureates. On March 28th, 2013, the five Laureates will be honored at an Awards ceremony in Paris and will receive US$100,000 in recognition of their accomplishments. 

The research of the 2013 Laureates ranges from contributing to better understanding of climate change to advancing research on neurodegenerative diseases and potentially uncovering new energy sources. 

The Laureates of the 2013 L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards in Physical Sciences are:

Lottery Tickets - To Swap, Or Not To Swap?

Lottery Tickets - To Swap, Or Not To Swap?

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

If you had just bought a lottery ticket, would you be willing to swap it? If you’re like most people, the answer would be an emphatic ‘No’. But why? Given that a properly-run lottery is an entirely random affair, mathematical theory dictates that your chances of winning won’t change whether you swap or not.