Technology

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

How do you keep track of comments?

We're always trying to keep the 'footprint' of the site pretty small while maintaining as much functionality as possible.    You've all seen 'new' versions of lots of sites that seem to add a bunch of whiz-bang stuff that deve ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 10 2009 - 8:06pm

New LED Polarization Technique Makes Them Less Annoying, Say Researchers

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute say their new polarization-matched type of light emitting diode (LED)  has significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2009 - 2:10pm

Video Games- Blood Actually Does Not Help The Bottom Line (It Isn't Hurting Teens Either)

Take heart, parents.   If your teenager is brandishing a virtual shotgun in their new video game, you're not raising the next Columbine kid.    If they're enjoying themselves, it's because of the healthy pleasure of mastering a challenge rat ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2009 - 1:53am

Girls Do Better Than Boys With New Technology- Study

A new report, co-authored by a University of Hertfordshire academic, which will be launched this Thursday (22 January), has revealed that girls are more likely to have new technologies at home than boys and it is mothers rather than fathers who assist them ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2009 - 11:01am

Robot Assistant Passes Test In Gallbladder Surgery

The cast of "House" won't need to find new jobs any time soon but using a robotic assistant to remove a patient's gallbladder by key-hole surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) was as safe as working with a human assistant, a Cochrane R ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2009 - 7:28pm