 A crash course in true political science May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
| User comments: 4
(AP) -- Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task - getting ... | |
 Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator case using DNA analysis. IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology ... | |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
| User comments: 7
(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... | |
 Santa Monica High School team wins National Science Bowl May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
| User comments: 1
(AP) -- Four California high school students used a complex mathematical function called a Maclaurin series to come up with the correct answer - "two-thirds" - Monday to win the Energy Department's annual ... | |
DNA tests reveal mystery surrounding playwright Schiller May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
| No comments yet
(AP) -- Who is buried in Friedrich Schiller's tomb? Several people, apparently, but none of them the famous poet and playwright, according to new research. | |
Scientists share $500,000 prize for biomedical research May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research was awarded Friday to two researchers for work that has improved disease treatments and may lead to new ones for degenerative and other age-related disorders. | |
House approves anti-genetic discrimination bill (Update) May 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday. | |
Food scientists say stop biofuels to fight world hunger April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
| User comments: 6
(AP) -- Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during a world food crisis. | |
Experts see impact of museums in science education efforts April 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Three or four times a day, a banana shows up at the Liberty Science Center and complains about a pain in its side. And that means it's time for some visiting kids to dress up like surgeons and scrub nurses, take ... | |
PhysOrg Video
- Lobster Industry Looks to 'green" Certification - video , May 10
- Job Websites Online - Part 2 - video , May 9
- Job Websites Online - Part 1 - video , May 9
- MIT Science Festival Focuses on Kids - video , May 9
- Tech Test: Mint.com Aims to Organize - video , May 8
- Skin Cancer Cases on the Rise Among Young Women - video , May 6
- PhysOrg Video »
Most popular stories
-
Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers,
May 05, 2008
-
Researchers Prove Existence of New Basic Element for Electronic Circuits -- 'Memristor',
April 30, 2008
-
Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience,
May 02, 2008
-
Neanderthals were separate species, says new human family tree,
May 04, 2008
-
Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle,
May 05, 2008
- Most popular »
News Pix
-
Elusive protein protects malaria parasite from heme,
May 09, 2008
-
A GPS Buoy undergoing testing,
May 09, 2008
-
Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials,
May 08, 2008
-
Nanoworms,
May 07, 2008
- More news pix »
Physorg Account
PhysOrg Forum
Video
Editorials
Free Magazines
Free White Papers
PhysOrg Jobs
Newsletter
Goto Archive
Suggest a story idea
Send feedback
