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?A Global Carbon Permit Market Is Not A Very Good Idea?30 Mar, 2007 11:42 am Interview with Warwick McKibbin, the director of the Center of Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University and a professorial...Global Continental Cooling15 Feb, 2007 01:46 pm Guillame Dupont-Nivet and colleagues recently presented new evidence for significant global cooling at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, about 33...A Broad Review on Stem Cells Research16 Feb, 2007 09:40 am Angelo Vescosi reviews for Scitizen the promises and issues raised by stem cell research. Vescosi is co-director of the Research Stem Cell Institute in..."The Data Show that Currently Approved GM Crops Have no Detectable Impact on Health"19 Jan, 2007 07:58 pm Lee Silver, author of "Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life", reviews for Scitizen the trends in the...?With the Emergence of New Nanotechnologies, There Is a Real Need to Monitor Exposure to Humans?21 Nov, 2006 02:56 pm Fourteen top international scientists in the field of nanotechnology have identified Five Grand Challenges for nanotechnology risk research that must be...Stem Cells on Their Way to Becoming Smooth Muscle Tissue: ?We Can Say We Are Midway There?7 Nov, 2006 06:08 pm When stretched, a type of adult stem cell taken from bone marrow can be nudged towards becoming the type of tissue found in blood vessels,...Marine Biosphere Through Mixing, by Swimming, May Have an Effect on Climate27 Oct, 2006 03:50 pm A recent study shows how Marine life stirs ocean, by swimming and kinetic activities, possibly enough to affect climate. Interview with William Dewar,...Bioreactors: Toward Miniaturation26 Oct, 2006 03:15 pm Scientists have shown that you can directly transfer electrons to a mineral using a purified protein. Using pure protein opens up the possibility of shrinking...Differentiated Cells May Be More Efficient Than Adult Stem Cells for Cloning25 Oct, 2006 12:11 pm The result of a study in mice suggests that differentiated cells are more efficient than stem cells for animal cloning. 3 questions to Li-Ying Sung and...?This Kind of Planet Had Never Been Seen Before?19 Oct, 2006 04:15 pm Kailash Sahu is the leading author of a report published Nature in which he describes the finding of 16 new extrasolar planets in the center of the Milky...New Compound Counters Avian Flu17 Oct, 2006 03:00 pm UW-Madison researchers have found a flu-fighting peptide, a small protein molecule which is a fragment of a larger human protein...?The Translation of Research Discoveries Into Safe Applicable Procedures Requires High Costs and Long Times?13 Oct, 2006 05:06 pm A stem cell line is a family of constantly-dividing cells. They are obtained from human or animal tissues and can replicate for long periods of time in...?35% of the Giant Planets Could Form Planets Like the Earth in the Habitable Zone?11 Oct, 2006 01:24 pm Sean Raymond is co-author of a report published recently in Science, in which he describes how Earth-mass planets can form during the ?...?We?re Radically Changing the Nature of the Arctic?10 Oct, 2006 03:12 pm In a recent review paper, researchers show that Arctic temperatures in the late 20th century, which were the warmest in four centuries,..."The technique has been out for a number of years, it?s been proven to be safe"25 Sep, 2006 10:27 am In a letter published in August in Nature online [1], Robert Lanza and his team reported a new technique to generate embryonic stem cells ?..."The cyclic universe model is a simple mechanism for solving the cosmological constant problem"19 Sep, 2006 10:22 am The search for a single theory of everything has led scientists to propose a surprising, new and non-intuitive description of our Universe..."We should all join together and understand what is happening in a more efficient manner"13 Sep, 2006 11:14 am Ilaria Capua, is one of the authors of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data launched in late August. She describes this initiative for..."The Opportunities for Good and Bad Offered by Nanotechnology Demand an International Response"12 Sep, 2006 12:12 pm In his new book Nanotechnology: New Promises, New Dangers [1], Toby Shelley, journalist at the Financial Times, introduces us to the ?...?It looks like the H5N1 viruses can?t easily successfully switch genes with human flu viruses: that?s reassuring!?11 Sep, 2006 11:44 am Researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, USA, have combined bird and human flu viruses in order to create a pandemic...Stem-cell-based therapies for heart diseases: ?We?re several years away from clinical trials, but the field is moving very fast?25 Jul, 2006 04:27 pm Deepak Srivastava reviews for Scitizen the potential of stem-cell-based therapies for heart disease."Stimulating Cell Production Is an Attractive Strategy in Degenerative Diseases"28 Jun, 2006 11:24 am Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified an important mechanism that regulates how many new cells are produced by each intestinal stem cell...?I am optimistic about the ability of humans to draw the line between appropriate uses and inappropriate uses?26 Jun, 2006 10:28 am Larry Goldstein is Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology. He reviews for Scitizen the ethical debate on stem cells..."My Proposal Is To Concentrate On Green Energy at Large"22 Jun, 2006 07:31 pm Ibrahim Dincer is chair of the Second International Green Energy Conference that will take place in Ontario, Canada from the 25 to the 29 of June..."Simply Put, the Earth 3C Warmer Would Be a Different Planet Than the One that We Know"18 Jun, 2006 01:06 pm James E. Hansen is the lead climate scientist and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Science. He comments for Scitizen on a draft report...?In the coming years we might be able to detect smaller planets and maybe approach what could be a telluric planet in the habitable zone?8 Jun, 2006 08:39 pm Christophe Lovis is co-author of an report published in Nature describing the discovery of three new extra-solar planets orbiting a star nearby [1]...Big hope for the production of Tamiflu - a bird flu drug - on large scale1 Jun, 2006 06:00 pm Elias Corey, professor at Harvard University and Nobel Prize winner in 1990 for chemical synthesis, is co-author of a letter published in the Journal of...?This virus is very unusual in its high virulence for a broad spectrum of animals that occasionally includes humans?31 May, 2006 06:50 pm Earl Brown, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa, Canada, reviews for Scitizen what we know and what we ignore about the Avian..."Carbon nanotubes might have a role in targeting drugs to tumour cells or delivery of drugs to the nervous system"30 May, 2006 01:55 pm Todd Pappas is co-author of a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology on the ability of carbon nanotubes to carry...?There is a lot that needs to be done to create long-term precise records?24 May, 2006 04:14 pm John Christy, one of the 21 authors of the last Climate Change Science Report commissioned by the US White House, answers Scitizen?s questions.?The two regions that respond in a stronger way to global change are the Mediterranean and North Eastern European regions?17 May, 2006 06:17 pm Dr. Filippo Giorgi, you work at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. Last week issue of New Scientist quotes...?As We?re Going into the Future, the Average Circulation in the Atmosphere Will Probably Weaken?6 May, 2006 02:00 pm In a letter published in the last issue of Nature, scientists describe human contribution to Climate Change. Gabriel Vecchi, co-author of the letter,...Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsy21 Apr, 2006 04:51 pm In a report recently published in Nature, a team of scientists describe a new technique to produce pluripotency stem cells from testis cells...Planets Birth Around Dead Stars: the First Proofs!14 Apr, 2006 07:03 pm NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. The infrared telescope surveyed the scene..."There Should Be a Lot of Small Rocky Planets Similar to Earth"29 Jan, 2006 01:21 pm Jean Philippe Beaulieu, of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, answers Scitizen's questions. He led an international collaboration of 73 astronomers... |