Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have pioneered an imaging technique which renders living cells in 3D via a system of ‘light sheets’ according to reports in Nature Methods. The light sheets consist of a technique called plane illumination,…
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January 14, 2015 Earth Science
Challenger Deep, the deepest place on earth, lies at the southern end of the Marianas ocean trench in the West Pacific. Ocean trenches, such as the Marianas Trench, mark the subduction zones where an oceanic tectonic plate dives under another…
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Predicting evolution for any species is a difficult task as it will depend significantly upon the environment in which the species finds itself inhabiting. To put this into perspective, the future physical characteristics and mental capacity of humans might differ…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
The National Snow and Ice Center (NSIDC) is based at the University of Colorado, in Boulder. It is a part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and began in 1957. Its basic premise is to support research…
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The Chicken, the Egg, and the Genesis connection For centuries, people have debated and wondered about the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg? British researchers cracked the mystery recently at Sheffield and Warwick universities according to…
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I had read an article about this subject some time agoand was highly impressed with the researchers behind this ‘discovery’, particularly lead biologist J. Craig Venter. He is the president of you guessed it, The Venter Institute, which has four…
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Dogs hold a special place in human society, yet it is unlikely that they will ever be as significant to us as we have been to them. Admittedly, without dogs, our lives wouldn’t be nearly so rich. But without humans,…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
“Shields up!” The protective field wraps the fragile craft in a shimmering cocoon. The attack begins with a blast of charged energy that is harmlessly dissipated into space. The attack picks up and the shields momentarily buckle, resulting in a…
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In order to identify the types and causes of inclusion bodies in human cells, it’s first important to know what an inclusion body is. In simple terms, for these formations are anything but simple, inclusion bodies are abnormal structures that…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
Hurricane season in Mexico? Now you would think that we wouldnt even have to write an article on this one. Wouldnt you think the travel agencies would post this information and have everyone memorize it? Well, not so much. It…
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