Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category

Royal Society Makes 350 Years Of Sciene Papers Freely Available Online

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

BBC reports that the world's oldest scientific academy, the Royal Society, has made its historical journal, which includes over 8000 scientific papers, permanently free to access online. You can reach all the old journal articles from this page at the Royal Society by selecting a journal and going to past issues." [caption ...

Mobile Phone Brain Cancer Link Rejected

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Further research has been published suggesting there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer. The risk mobiles present has been much debated over the past 20 years as use of the phones has soared. The latest study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark looked at more than ...

An Artificial Leaf Invented Which Can Solve Power Crisis

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_535" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An important step toward realizing the dream of an inexpensive and simple “artificial leaf,” a device to harness solar energy by splitting water molecules, has been accomplished by two separate teams of researchers at MIT"][/caption] Scientists have created the world's first practical artificial leaf that can ...

A Neurochip That Can Communicate With Brain

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists who proved it is possible to cultivate a network of brain cells that reconnect on a silicon chip—or the brain on a microchip—have developed new technology that monitors brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before. Developed with the ...

Water Ice Discovered On Asteroid For First Time

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Water ice has been found on the surface of a nearby asteroid for the first time – a discovery that could help explain how Earth got its oceans, scientists announced. Two teams of researchers independently verified that the asteroid 24 Themis – a large rock hurtling through space in the asteroid ...

Chile Earthquake Shock Effect On Earth’s Axis May Have Created Shorter Days

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The earthquake that took more than 700 lives in Chile on 27th Feb 2010 probably have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.