01/05/2008

Searching the heavens -- GLAST

A new space mission, due to launch this month, is going to shed light on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including pulsars, remnants of supernovae, and supermassive black holes. It could even ...

New technique accelerates biological image analysis

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Lane Center for Computational Biology have discovered how to significantly speed up critical steps in an automated method for analyzing cell cultures and other biological specimens.

DIAMOND to tackle UK nuclear waste issues

The long-term problem of how to manage and dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste is to be tackled by a UK consortium headed by the University of Leeds.

Biologists are from Mars, chemists are from Venus?

“Plays well with others.” That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some of society's ...

Cloned horse gives birth

Italian scientist Cesare Galli says the world's first cloned horse, Prometea, has given birth to a healthy foal.

Historic Italian cave may collapse

Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse.

page 4 from 4