Technology

These photos span all the sciences but there are some nice biology-related ones here. They are from National Geographic and definitely cover many of this year's top science stories. It seems to have been a good year for the cephalopods- the first co ...

Blog Post - Mrs. H. - Dec 19 2008 - 7:39pm

Scientific Blogging Features- Let's Add Some More Social Media

Probably tomorrow I am going to do an advanced 'primer' on all the features we have here because I know most people don't even read the FAQ- and that's okay, you shouldn't have to read a FAQ to read an article or leave a comment, b ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 20 2008 - 1:50pm

ESA Makes Global Land Cover Map Available

ESA’s global land cover map, which is ten times sharper than any previous global satellite map, is now available to the public online from the GlobCover website. It is the highest resolution land cover map that has been completely validated ever released. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2008 - 10:21am

Taste of Green Wine in a Box

Beware: green chemistry is soon to serve you green wines. And in boxes, too. Once I read in Chemical and Engineering News a list of the chemicals in either red or white wines. I remember thinking "generic wines" to start with: Let's see the ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Dec 22 2008 - 1:58pm

A Computer Inside A Molecule

Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing over the next 60? Atomic-scale comp ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2008 - 9:50pm

Created- Artificial Human Bone Marrow In A Test Tube

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab. This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous suppl ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2008 - 11:57am

Cymascope- High Definition Imprints May Mean Deciphering Dolphin Language

Researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the first high definition imprints that dolphin sounds make in water. They consider it a real breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language. Certain sounds made by dolphins have long been susp ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2008 - 6:59pm

Two New Scientific Blogging Features; Friend Notification and Article Track

Two posts in one weekend? I am such a science blogger. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 6 2009 - 7:36pm

Deadline coming up to apply for time on TeraGrid distributed network of computers

I got this notification from the NSF so I thought I would pass it along- obviously I didn't write it but it's not something we would put in an article and it's too long for a corkboard message. *** You have until January 15, 2009 to apply ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 9 2009 - 5:30pm

'Writing' With Atoms Using An Atomic Force Microscope

Nanotechnology exploits the properties of materials on a nanometric scale, (a nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter). The ultimate limit for such miniaturization is the development of devices formed by atomic structures created artificially to fulfil ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2009 - 5:59pm