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Male Birth Control Pill May Soon Be Ready

Male Birth Control Pill May Soon Be Ready

Sep 06 2012 | comment(s)

Want to avoid a baby mama without getting surgery or enduring condoms that are too small?  Men may soon have the same choice as women when it comes to birth control.

A male contraceptive pill has been talked about for decades, but so far none has been successfully created despite strong demand. Recent surveys found that about 70 percent of men would be willing to take a birth control pill if it were available.

A new study says such a birth control pill for men, without side effects, may soon be ready.  Working on mice, the team found that a compound called JQ1 acts as an inhibitor to sperm production and also sperm mobility. 
Quest Project: World's First Oil Sands Carbon Capture And Storage Project

Quest Project: World's First Oil Sands Carbon Capture And Storage Project

Sep 06 2012 | comment(s)

The Quest project, the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for an oil sands operation in Canada, has gotten support from the Governments of Canada and Alberta and will soon be underway, Shell announced.

Is That A Volcano You Smell 5 Miles In The Air?

Is That A Volcano You Smell 5 Miles In The Air?

Sep 05 2012 | comment(s)

If you are flying an airplane and detect an unusual odor in a confined space 5 miles up in the air, what can it be? Burritos for lunch?   

Not this time. The foul smell with traces of sulfur in the cockpit came from none other than the Grímsvötn volcano that was spewing gas and ash from southeast Iceland. Sulfur dioxide often indicates volcanic ash, and the presence of ash in the atmosphere can endanger jet engines. Once landed, Captain Klaus Sievers used data from the MetOp satellite via the Support to Aviation Control Service – SACS – to confirm that it was high-altitude sulfur dioxide.
Terrestrial Lidar Maps Hurricane Isaac Water Levels In 3-D

Terrestrial Lidar Maps Hurricane Isaac Water Levels In 3-D

Sep 05 2012 | comment(s)

Hurricane Isaac may have disappointed the news networks and the federal government - it was declared a state-of-emergency before the first rain drop fell and Sean Penn was not roaming the streets of New Orleans with a shotgun to prevent Republican-created zombies - but it was a good test run for some new technology; “terrestrial lidar” or “T-lidar”.
Soil And Human Bacteria Recently Swapped At Least Seven Antibiotic-Resistance Genes

Soil And Human Bacteria Recently Swapped At Least Seven Antibiotic-Resistance Genes

Sep 05 2012 | comment(s)

Soil bacteria and bacteria that cause human diseases have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance genes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Most of the antibiotics used to fight illness today originated from the soil. Bacteria use the antibiotics, in part, as weapons to compete with each other for resources and survival. Scientists have long acknowledged that gives environmental bacteria an evolutionary incentive to find ways to beat antibiotics.
Claiming New Species Discovery: Code Of Zoological Nomenclature Enters The 21st Century

Claiming New Species Discovery: Code Of Zoological Nomenclature Enters The 21st Century

Sep 04 2012 | comment(s)

It used to be that a species name was only official if it was printed in a journal - and the print was quite literal, it had to be a print journal.