What's News This Month
in
Science, Medicine and Technology
(a monthly brownbag series)
Bill Nye is back !
WVIA is doing fundraising again and
they pull Bill whenever they fundraise....grrr....
(email suggestions-questions to either Tim Cannon, Gary Kwiecinski, Ed Kosmahl, Satya P. Chattopadhyay, Phil Yevics, or Sarah Sitoski)
April 25, Brennan 205
Science, Medicine,
Technology
Science
- Brain Development and Intelligence Linked
- Crazy song makes musical history
- Light shed on mysterious particle
- Auction deal saves £1m manuscript
- Doubt cast on 'ancient asexual'
- Smart brains 'grow differently'
- Impactor ejects mighty water mass
- 'Major melt' for Alpine glaciers
- 'More genes' needed to make life
- Living on Impulse
- Wingless Gliders May Reveal the Origins of Insect Flight
- Corals Take Double Punch in Caribbean
- Expert Says Hard Liquor Helps Houseplants
- Why Newborn Fish are Lousy Swimmers
- Self-Propelled Liquid Droplets
- Professor's overpopulation views stir debate
- Weak brain links 'explain autism'
- Saturn's moon 'best bet for life'
- 'Dead star' erupts for big show
- Simulations give Mercury insight
- Mouse sheds light on regeneration
- Natural light to reinvent bulbs
- Venus probe returns first images
- African fish leaps for land bugs
- Titles collide for Aventis Prize
- Senses: A Whiff of Fear Can Sharpen a Woman's Thinking
- Branchless Evolution: Fossils point to single hominid root
- Chronic exposure to stress hormone causes anxious behavior in mice: can lead to mood disorders
- No evidence that silver fillings lower IQ in kids
- Lingerie makes hagglers happy-go-lucky - Sexy pictures and lacy underwear take men's minds off getting a good deal.
- Finches Provide Answer to Another Evolutionary Riddle
- Sex-Related Hormone Also a Brain Signaling Chemical
- Brain training can change autistic behaviour
- The Greenest Generation
- Death of Alzheimer victim linked to aluminium pollution - Brain autopsy of pollution victim rekindles contaminant fears.
- Sweet 'water taste' paradoxically predicts sweet taste inhibitors
- F.D.A.'s Report Illuminates Wide Divide on Marijuana
Medicine
Top, Science, Medicine,
Technology
- When a Disease Loses Its Most Potent Ally, Fear
- "Bad" Enzymes May Wear White Hats After Stroke
- Praying Won't Affect Heart Patients
- High meat diet 'can stress baby'
- Cleaning agents 'make bug strong'
- Vitamins 'may up pregnancy risk'
- Bird flu plan for 'mass graves'
- Lab-grown bladders 'a milestone'
- Hope over self-focusing glasses
- Man 'took 40,000 ecstasy tablets'
- House products liver link probe
- Cleaning agents 'make bug strong'
- Tonsil-Adenoid Surgery May Help Behavior Too
- Ovary loss 'raises dementia risk'
- Sanctions 'enforce co-operation'
- Cancer Study Was Made Up, Journal Says
- Antibiotics 'could treat asthma'
- Mistakes 'aid OCD understanding'
- Cell division rewind button found
- 'Near death' has biological basis
- Watchdog warns over apricot seeds
- Males with elevated levels of testosterone lead shorter lives but have more success siring offspring
- High caloric diet may prevent the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Nemo Beware: Fish Tank Can Be a Haven for Salmonella
- Studies Evaluate Health Effects of Dental Amalgam Fillings in Children
- Prenatal alcohol exposure can alter circadian rhythms in offspring
Technology Top, Science, Medicine, Technology
- Fingerprints hide lifestyle clues
- Holographic advance aids storage
- Hospitals train staff with iPods
- Gold nanoparticles to trap toxins
- File-sharers face legal onslaught
- Little piggy cam becomes web hit
- Google-EarthLink selected for Wi-Fi project
- Iran Joins the Space Club, but to What End?
- Alarm over shopping radio tags
- Windows on Macs provokes a stir
- Ford - Nanotubes increase capacitor capacity
- Net clocks suffering data deluge
- Google acts to organise your life
- Search users 'stop at page three'
- Facebook reportedly searching for a buyer
- Solar-powered implant could restore vision
Top, Science, Medicine, Technology