Predator conferences and open-access publishers

post from Survival Blog for Scientists » How to become a successful scientist. on 30 September 2012 05:39:30 PM. © Survival Blog for Scientists » How to become a successful scientist.

This week I received the following email stating “The purpose of this letter is to formally invite you, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, to be the speaker at the upcoming “2nd International Conference on Nanotek and Expo” (Nanotek-2012).” This sounds very much like a desirable invited talk in my area of expertise, nanotechnology. The [...]

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Of Interest: Early sample of Flemings mould,
1935/1936

post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 30 September 2012 04:53:22 PM. © Canadian BioTechnologist2.0

This sample marks penicillin’s transition from an interesting phenomenon to a potential drug. In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) discovered that a strain of Penicillium mould exuded a substance that killed certain bacteria. However neither the nature nor the significance of penicillin were clear to him. New antibacterial medicines such as Protonsil developed in the 1930s [...]

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Report: Elements of Precaution: Recommendations
for the Regulation of Food Biotechnology in Canada

post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 30 September 2012 04:47:50 PM. © Canadian BioTechnologist2.0

This Report is a response to a request to the Royal Society of Canada from Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Environment Canada that an Expert Panel be assembled to provide advice on a series of questions related to the safety of new food products being developed through the use of [...]

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Element 113 Conclusively Found - Japan Will Get
To Name It

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 September 2012 04:36:45 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Science 2.0: The elusive 113th atomic element has been confirmed by researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RNC). A chain of six consecutive alpha decays, produced in experiments at the RIKEN Radioisotope Beam Factory (RIBF), conclusively identifies th

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Personal Health

post from Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 on 30 September 2012 04:36:22 PM. © Canadian BioTechnologist2.0

Patient trial of proposed MS treatment announced, headed by BC researcher A long-awaited national trial of a controversial experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis has been given the go-ahead and will soon begin recruiting patients, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Friday. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Patient+trial+proposed+treatment+announced+headed+researcher/7314464/story.html#ixzz27zHYXP3m Filed under: The Health File

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Smart Curtains Trigger an Alarm When they Detect
Intruders

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 September 2012 04:29:29 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From INHABITAT: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin have developed an amazing new type of intruder-detecting 'smart' curtains that can sense when someone is trying to break in. When the fabric is cut or penetrated, a built-in microco

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New Process for Nanotube Semiconductors Could Be
Graphene's Ticket to Primetime

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From Engadget: In many ways, graphene is one of technology's sickest jokes. The tantalizing promise of cheap to produce, efficient to run materials, that could turn the next page in gadget history has always remained frustratingly out of reach. Now, a new process for creating semiconduct

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Plans to Improve Gulf Water Technology

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 30 September 2012 04:24:20 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From BBC News - Science & Environment: The entire Gulf region is reliant on desalination technology to get most of its water but it's an energy inefficient process. Read the whole article and watch the video

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What we're learning from 5,000 brains

Mice, bugs and hamsters are no longer the only way to study the brain. Functional MRI (fMRI) allows scientists to map brain activity in living, breathing, decision-making human beings. Read Montague gives an overview of how this technology is helping us understand the complicated ways in which we interact with each other.

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Missing link discovered between players in the
epigenetic code

Over the last two decades, scientists have come to understand that the genetic code held within DNA represents only part of the blueprint of life. The rest comes from specific patterns of chemical tags that overlay the DNA structure, determining how tightly the DNA is packaged and how accessible certain genes are to be switched on or off.