Science Blog

You say, ‘bio-math,’ I say, ‘math-bio’: Crossing science education divide

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:41 +0000

BETHESDA, MD, SEPT 2, 2010⎯The old joke is a joke no more. In a special September issue of the ASCB's online journal, CBE -- Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE), the adage that biology is for...

K-State research project offers insight into superstitious behavior

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:40 +0000

MANHATTAN, KAN. -- People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether,...

Edible nanostructures

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:36 +0000

Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led a Northwestern University research team to discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical...

Edible nanostructures

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:45:36 +0000

Sugar, salt, alcohol and a little serendipity led a Northwestern University research team to discover a new class of nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical...

Safety cultures in EMS agencies vary widely, Pitt study finds

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:15:40 +0000

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 2 -- A survey of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies from across the country found wide variation in perceptions of workplace safety culture -- providing a tool that might...

Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:15:38 +0000

Washington, DC -- Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say...

Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:15:34 +0000

The September cover story of the nation's leading cancer journal, "Cancer Research," features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component of...

EMAS publishes position statements about the post-reproductive health of women

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:45:17 +0000

Amsterdam, 2 September, 2010 - Elsevier announced today the publication of four important position statements from the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) in the journal Maturitas...

Dynamic memory mapping delivers additional flexibility to virtual resource management

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:15:50 +0000

The Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China, has shown that a novel dynamic memory mapping (DMM) model brings about additional flexibility to virtual resource...

Effect of heat treatment on the superconducting properties of Ag-doped Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 compounds

bjs — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:15:33 +0000

The Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, and China Research have collaborated to reveal the heat treatment effects...