The National Institutes of Health have awarded the University of Florida - with Cornell University Library and Indiana University as major partners - a two-year, $12.2 million grant to bolster a national, Facebook-like, professional social network that enables scientists to find new biomedical research and partnerships. The new network will be called VIVOweb.

In an article released today, MIT researchers have found that carbon nanotubes, formed into tiny springs have the potential to store as much energy pound for pound as modern lithium ion batteries. We have summarized the article below but encourage you to read the full text (see link below).

Goofing around on Google Trends, is always fun, and obviously we have a strong interest in science literacy and sharing hopefully a bigger picture of the world. SO! Could it be that my small U.S. city of Portland, Oregon is only half the volume of the term "science" in general. I was also surprised to see that science as a search term has steadily declined since 2004.

As Valentine's day fast approaches, we thought we'd take a look at the 'science' behind the feelings felt on this day. Some researchers say that the biological basis of love stems from four tiny areas of the brain that form a "circuit of love".

Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that the syndication of the financing relating to its proposed acquisition of Applied Biosystems announced on June 12, 2008 has been completed.