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Super-dense… *things*… are a new kind of planet

14 March 2013 grant 1

Nature calls them, poetically enough, the skeletons of “wandering ice giants”:

Among the most puzzling finds of NASA’s Kepler space mission to find exoplanets, which launched

… Read the rest “Super-dense… *things*… are a new kind of planet”

Australia faces their own house-eating snail invasion.

13 March 2013 grant 0

Smithsonian might terrify the Australian homeowner with their coverage of the the latest giant snail invasion:

The giant African snail is a true nightmare. These snails grow to the size

… Read the rest “Australia faces their own house-eating snail invasion.”

So why is red tide killing our manatees?

12 March 2013 grant 0

NBC News is wondering what’s behind the massive blooms of marine microorganisms that are killing so many manatees:

Florida wildlife officials report that 149 of the gentle giants

… Read the rest “So why is red tide killing our manatees?”

Turn your milk jugs into… whatever. At home. With 3D printing.

11 March 2013 grant 0

Great idea, if it works. Laboratory Equipment looks at the possibility of slicing up plastic trash to use as “ink” for 3D printers:

Using free software downloaded from sites

… Read the rest “Turn your milk jugs into… whatever. At home. With 3D printing.”

Science Art: Bodendruckapparat nach Pascal by Max Kohl

10 March 2013 grant 0

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This is an illustration of a model of a paradox – they hydrostatic paradox, as demonstrated by Blaise Pascal. The paradox is that the pressure at the bottom of a column… Read the rest “Science Art: Bodendruckapparat nach Pascal by Max Kohl”

Novel bacteria live in Lake Vostok. THEY LIVE!

8 March 2013 grant 0

PhysOrg announces the discovery of eerie, ancient lifeforms in an Antarctic lake:

The samples obtained from the underground lake in May 2012 contained a bacteria which bore no resemblance

… Read the rest “Novel bacteria live in Lake Vostok. THEY LIVE!”

How they found the giant squid (TED talk)

7 March 2013 grant 0

Marine biologist Edith Widder reveals the secrets to a successful squid hunt:

Stem cell headline winner: “Bendable needle increases reach of a single injection to the brain.”

6 March 2013 grant 0

OUCH. Nature pulls no punches with OUCH. The ways they’re moving forward with stem cell therapies are pretty ingenious:

Several laboratories are investigating ways to treat neurological

… Read the rest “Stem cell headline winner: “Bendable needle increases reach of a single injection to the brain.””

Forbes follows how science gets started up.

5 March 2013 grant 0

Frida Polli, one of the financial folks at Forbes, is offering us a look at the sausage-factory of neuroscience funding:

In 2007, after 6 years of PhD work, I arrived at the McGovern Institute

… Read the rest “Forbes follows how science gets started up.”

Science Art: Indian Gharial by Wilhelm Eigener, 1958

3 March 2013 grant 0

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A sub-continental crocodilian, found on that good ol’ Scientific Illustration tumblog.

It was painted by Wilhelm Eigener, one of Germany’s most sought-after… Read the rest “Science Art: Indian Gharial by Wilhelm Eigener, 1958”

Wii builds better surgeons.

1 March 2013 grant 0

PLOSone is going to lead to videogame suites being installed in major training hospitals, I just know it, thanks to research showing that playing Nintendo Wii improves surgeons’… Read the rest “Wii builds better surgeons.”

Slow and steady mutations save the species.

28 February 2013 grant 0

Or at least, Astrobiology says, save the species’ descendants. The secret of survival, on an evolutionary scale, isn’t a single lucky mutant, but a whole “relay team”… Read the rest “Slow and steady mutations save the species.”

“Human meat is not on the menu. Sorry.”

27 February 2013 grant 0

Reddit’s just had a Q&A with the CEO of a company dedicated to 3D printing edible meat:

At Modern Meadow we’re developing technology to 3D-bioprint meat and leather. In fact,

… Read the rest ““Human meat is not on the menu. Sorry.””

Hubble snaps galactic vee.

26 February 2013 grant 0

Space Daily enthuses over a strange formation snapped by Hubble – a deep-space V made by two galaxies, overlapping like enormous wings in space:

This large “flying V”

… Read the rest “Hubble snaps galactic vee.”

Science Art: Cephalaspis by John Dunn

24 February 2013 grant 0

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A Devonian fish with a bony head.

That means it was swimming around hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs.

Found on the Scientific Illustration tumblog.

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