New Hope for Autism Treatment
Researchers from George Washington University Medical Center have discovered a way to detect a specific autism spectrum disorder by using blood samples. Additionally the researchers discovered that drugs which affect the methylation state of genes may reverse some of autism's effects.
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333 Million Polygon 3D Model of the Mona Lisa
From the IEEE Computer Society, we are shown each and every nook and craquel of the Mona Lisa.
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Hubble Images Show Glimpse of a Solar System at Conception
From NPR's Krulwich On Science, Science Correspondent Robert Krulwich sits down with reporter, filmmaker, and author, Michael Benson. From the article "Benson and the others download the raw digital data, render them into black and white, then edit, colorize, and sometimes animate them.
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African Dust, Coral Reefs and Human Health a New Mini-Documentary
This latest video documentary from the USGS discusses the rapid decline in the health of Coral reefs and reports on the latest findings.
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Wide-View Neurostimulator Concept - Australian for Bionic Eye
Over the past six months many promising announcements have come about related to improving eyesite for those with degenerative retinal disease. On March 30th the Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) presented it advanced prototype for the wide-view neurostimulator concept.
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Vegetable Lamb Plant May Offer Osteoporosis Protection
Dr. Young Ho Kim, of the Chungnam National University in Daejeon, Korea, and colleagues reported in the Journal of Natural Products that compounds isolated from the plant known as the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, inhibit the formation of osteoclasts.
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"Experiments have half million events! More than three hours of stable and colliding beams. WOW!"
That quote comes from the CERN twitter feed, (http://twitter.com/cern) - and captures the excitement of the morning.
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"Sea of Change" for Gene Related Patents
On March 29, 2010, US District Judge Robert Sweet of New York ruled the patents held by Myriad Genetics, covering how to detect inherited breast cancer, invalid - citing they "are directed to a law of nature and were therefore improperly granted." Judge Sweet sided with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented groups including the Association for Molecular Pathology, the American Soci
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First Scientifically Confirmed Poisonous Bird - Variable Pitohui
The opening of this video is great, as Dr. Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences, talks about his field expeditions to Papua New Guinea. His hunch after being bitten while releasing a bird from a net is that it may be poisonous. He checks with locals and they all confirm "those birds are poisonous and you shouldn't be touching them."
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World TB Day Highlights Global Efforts and Challenges to Stopping Tuberculosis
A March 24, 2010 press release from Johns Hopkins details a research team that screened hundreds of thousands of small chemical compounds, and identified a class of compounds that - at least in a test tube - blocks tuberculosis growth. The scientists screened 175,000 small chemical compounds and identified a potent class of compounds that selectively slows down this protein’s activity.
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