Science Education & Policy

There is no better way to fall into an IRS black hole than to try to become a scientist. I'm a postdoctoral fellow- which means that I have my PhD, but no permanent job; I'm spending a few years doing research in a lab run by a more senior scient ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 6 2014 - 12:46pm

Nanotube Sensor Makes Real Time Insulin Cell Monitoring Possible

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body’s insulin-producing cells in real time. Among other potential applications, this method could ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2008 - 7:34pm

Virtual Digital Libraries- Ad Hoc Encyclopedias For The 21st Century

In 1750, Denis Diderot convinced his publisher to support a vast enterprise, the publication of the Encyclopédie gathering all knowledge into one location. Dozens of writers worked on thousands of articles for more than 15 years to produce the first summar ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2008 - 12:46am

Hope Rising For At-risk Youth

The cost of providing a safety net for at-risk youth is $5,000 per year; the cost of housing a San Quentin inmate is $60,000 per year. Which would you prefer?---------------- What's your reaction when you see a young person begging for money, living i ...

Article - Diana Deregnier - Apr 19 2008 - 12:35am

Electropositive Alloy Makes A Great Shark Repellant For Fishing Gear

A recent study by NOAA scientists and colleagues on captive juvenile sandbar sharks showed the presence of an electropositive alloy, in this case palladium neodymium, clearly altered the swimming patterns of individual animals and temporarily deterred feed ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2008 - 12:09pm

Geek Logik Answers All Your Relationship Questions

It's been just over three years since I got married, and I remember thinking (amid the nearly debilitating fear that we would run out of alcohol at our mountain cabin wedding and thus trap our families in a scene from The Shining) that it would be won ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Apr 25 2008 - 1:20am

Phylogenetic Fallacies: Early Branching Must Mean Primitive

Evolutionary trees, or "phylogenies", are a major part of modern evolutionary science. They depict hypotheses regarding the relationships among taxa, and are therefore important in reconstructions of the historical path of evolution (Gregory 2008 ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Apr 26 2008 - 3:32pm

Sulfates To Combat Global Warming Could Damage Ozone

A much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact on Earth's protective ozone layer, new research concludes. The study, led by Simone Tilmes of the National Center for Atmos ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2008 - 12:21am

Study Shows False Memories Complicate End-of-life Treatment Decisions

Advance directives, or living wills, may not effectively honor end-of-life wishes because life-sustaining treatment preferences often change without people being aware of the changes, according to a new study co-authored by UC Irvine researchers Peter Ditt ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2008 - 11:55pm

PET Scans Examine Brains On Salvia

It's legal, it's gaining popularity among teenagers and young adults and it's one of the most potent hallucinogens around. Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at Brookhaven National Laboratory have provided researchers with clues abou ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2008 - 12:10pm