Scientists score 1 more victory over uncertainty

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Most people attempt to reduce the little uncertainties of life by carrying umbrellas on cloudy days, purchasing automobile insurance or hiring inspectors to evaluate homes they might consider purchasing.

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The likely cause of death of young-Earth
creationism

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Russian scientists have managed to grow a plant from 32,000 year old seeds that had been buried by an Ice-Age squirrel.

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Technology and creativity go "full spectrum" at
TED

post from Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 26 February 2012 09:15:52 PM. © Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

San Francisco (AFP) Feb 26, 2012
Technology, art and magic will mix in perspective-bending ways this week as the prestigious TED conference continues transforming from an elite retreat to a global movement for a better world. The gathering kicks off Monday in the Southern California city of Long Beach with a roster of 1,350 attendees including Internet heavyweights, Hollywood celebrities, scientists, and other notables.

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Rhea Before Titan

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Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2012
Craters appear well defined on icy Rhea in front of the hazy orb of the much larger moon Titan in this Cassini spacecraft view of these two Saturn moons. Lit terrain seen here is on the leading hemispheres of Rhea and Titan. North on the moons is up and rotated 13 degrees to the left. The limb, or edge of the visible disk, of Rhea is slightly overexposed in this view. The image

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Humanoid Robot Exhibition Opens Drexel Engineers
Week

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Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 27, 2012
Drexel's College of Engineering will kick off its National Engineers Week celebration with an unprecedented unveiling of seven adult-size humanoid robots as part of nationwide research collaboration. Following the demonstration, attendees can take photos with the robots, view a robotics competition and meet robotics researchers. National Engineers Week is being celebrated at Drexel from Fe

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Artificial Meat.. this little piggy

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More on our potential to be artificial carnivores. Check out this poster describing how researchers are adapting tissue engineering techniques to grow edible meat, in vitro. Clink: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/468752a/box/1.html Filed under: Education Tagged: Artificial Meat

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Where is the REAL beef in that hot dog

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Canadians don’t like to fake it when it comes to their culinary habits. EH? A Dutch scientist is discussing his research into artificial meat made from stem cells at a Canadian meeting this week. The aim of the research is to develop a more efficient way of producing meat than rearing animals. At a major [...]

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A multiplex assay for immunology research

If you are studying diseases that involve the T-helper cell type 17 (Th17) immune response pathway then you should probably learn more about Bio-Rad Laboratories latest tool for performing Th17 multiplex assays. The Bio-Plex Pro Human Th17 Cytokine Assay kit enables researchers to measure 16 different Th17 targets in just microliters of sample. The inflammatory [...]

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Treating cancer with electric fields

Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the best-known methods for treating cancer. At TEDMED, Bill Doyle presents a new approach, called Tumor Treating Fields, which uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division.

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How to rescue the immune system

In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T cells into more effective weapons against infections and possibly cancer.

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