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Month: August 2017

Tiny antennas make brain implants a little more possible.

31 August 2017 grant 0

Nature explores the possibilities of, in not so many words, putting electronic receivers in our brains:

Metal antennas that send and receive TV signals and radio waves could soon be replaced

… Read the rest “Tiny antennas make brain implants a little more possible.”

FDA labels Ecstasy a “breakthrough therapy,” accelerates testing.

29 August 2017 grant 0

Science magazine celebrates the fast-tracking of studies on MDMA, the once-notorious rave drug that’s now on the verge of being approved to tread PTSD and other disorders:

The agency

… Read the rest “FDA labels Ecstasy a “breakthrough therapy,” accelerates testing.”

Civil War submarine mystery solved

28 August 2017 grant 0

Nature reports on researchers who have determined that the Confederate Navy’s Hunley – the first submarine to sink an enemy warship – probably sank itself when its … Read the rest “Civil War submarine mystery solved”

Science Art: Engine, by ESA

27 August 2017 grant 0

from http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/05/Engine
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The European Space Agency has a way with names. This is in their image library as “Engine.”

The description offers little more detail: The ducted fan engine… Read the rest “Science Art: Engine, by ESA”

SONG: Frozen Atmospheres

23 August 2017 grant 0

SONG: “Frozen Atmospheres”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages,” Science, 15 Aug 2017, as used… Read the rest “SONG: Frozen Atmospheres”

NASA’s got a plan to save us from supervolcanoes – by using them for power.

22 August 2017 grant 0

BBC has more on the planet-spanning threat of supervolcanoes – like the one under Yellowstone that’s about due for a continent-shaking eruption – and their idea to … Read the rest “NASA’s got a plan to save us from supervolcanoes – by using them for power.”

Science Art: Sea Lamprey Larvae in Hand 2, by R. McDaniels, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

20 August 2017 grant 0

R. McDaniels, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, via USGS
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Fans of Roderick on the Line may recognize these as living metaphors for modern marketing offers. But they’re invading the Great Lakes (literally) where they grow… Read the rest “Science Art: Sea Lamprey Larvae in Hand 2, by R. McDaniels, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.”

They drank bad water in Pompeii.

18 August 2017 grant 0

EurekAlert has research from the University of Southern Denmark on just how doomed Pompeii really was. Not only was that volcano about to engulf the city, but the citizens were probably … Read the rest “They drank bad water in Pompeii.”

2.7 million-year-old ice shatters records, reveals ancient atmospheres – and ice ages.

16 August 2017 grant 0

(Plural intended.) Science magazine looks back at lots of tiny, tiny pockets of the distant past – with a deep ice core that contains samples of our changing atmosphere for 2.7 million… Read the rest “2.7 million-year-old ice shatters records, reveals ancient atmospheres – and ice ages.”

Rising CO2 levels mean we’ll get less protein from our grain crops.

15 August 2017 grant 0

Science Daily has one for the “Yeah. Great.” file – research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health showing that the rising carbon dioxide levels linked … Read the rest “Rising CO2 levels mean we’ll get less protein from our grain crops.”

Gene editing brings pig-to-human organ transplants one step closer.

14 August 2017 grant 0

Science magazine mulls over new research showing how CRISPR gene editing successfully got rid of PERVs – porcine endogenous retroviruses – and made it that much easier to … Read the rest “Gene editing brings pig-to-human organ transplants one step closer.”

Science Art: Theorica Eclipsis Solaris, by Georg von Peurbach.

12 August 2017 grant 0

from https://archive.org/details/nouiciisadolfsce00sacr

This is a diagram of how a solar eclipse works, or at least how they thought one worked in the 14th century. It might be one of the very first illustrations of its kind. As explained by the book’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Theorica Eclipsis Solaris, by Georg von Peurbach.”

Antibacterial soap could be messing up our unborn babies.

11 August 2017 grant 0

Science Daily gives us research from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that show that the active ingredient in antibacterial soap can pass from mother to child and interfere with… Read the rest “Antibacterial soap could be messing up our unborn babies.”

DNA is rewriting humans’ family tree… again.

8 August 2017 grant 0

PhysOrg looks back at our misunderstood ancestors with a University of Utah team that has revealed more about how – and when – Denisovans and Neanderthals split from each other,… Read the rest “DNA is rewriting humans’ family tree… again.”

Jordan: Techno-utopia.

7 August 2017 grant 0

Nature reports on Jordan’s new push to make itself into the future scientific powerhouse of the Middle East:

Jordan’s leaders see science, engineering and technology as an engine

… Read the rest “Jordan: Techno-utopia.”

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