News tagged with scientific breakthrough
More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020
More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2012 |
not rated yet |
5
Study provides new details of fundamental cellular process
A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell p ...
Jan 23, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
New technology converts seaweed to renewable fuels and chemicals
A team of scientists from Bio Architecture Lab (BAL), has developed breakthrough technology that expands the feedstocks for advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals production to include seaweed (macroalgae). The team engineered ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
2
Possible signs of the Higgs remain in latest analyses (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson could dwell, scientists announced in a seminar held at CERN today. However, the ATLAS ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (19) |
23
|
Discovery changes how scientists think about plant cell wall formation
University of Georgia researchers have discovered that two proteins come together in an unexpected way to make a carbohydrate, a chain of sugar molecules, in plant cell walls. This fundamental discovery changes ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
Reaching for the stars: It's alive out there! Scientists seek out the evidence
All around the world - from the deep gold mines of South Africa to the far-seeing telescopes in Chile's Atacama Desert, from the frigid glaciers of Antarctica to the halls of the world's best universities and research institutions ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2011 |
5 / 5 (4) |
4
CERN physics lab downplays claim of key discovery
(AP) -- The world's biggest particle physics lab on Tuesday played down claims of a major discovery, after a leaked memo hinting that the elusive Higgs boson - or 'God particle' - may have been found ricocheted ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
4
Scientists seeking NSF funding will soon be required to submit data management plans
During the May 5th meeting of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation (NSF) officials announced a change in the implementation of the existing policy on sharing research data. In particular, on or around October, ...
May 10, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'
The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
2
Disgraced cloning expert convicted in South Korea (Update)
(AP) -- A South Korean stem cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world's first cloned dog was convicted Monday on criminal charges related ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (12) |
2
Dubai claims world's first cloned camel
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this month.
Apr 14, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (4) |
2
