Cancer Research: Combatting cancer
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Cancer is a common disease that often proves fatal for those who fall prey to it and that can also have far-reaching consequences for relatives. 210,000 of the 350,000 or so people who fall ill each year in Germany die of the disease. The treatment of cancer additionally places a great burden [...]
On the Existence of Time – Philosophy of Time
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John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart put forth a seemingly convincing argument proposing the non-existence of time. McTaggart purports that for time to exist, it must have contradictory properties. McTaggart makes improper interpretations, and his defence does not answer the challenges put forth by others. Thus McTaggart’s unsound argument does not stand up to internal inspection nor [...]
Lesson Plans :Bubbleology
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CONCEPT
The Scientific Process. This integrated module will use bubbles to investigate
physics and chemistry topics including the optics and chemistry of thin films
as well as applications in biology and measurement.
OBJECTIVES
Students will exhibit an ability to apply the steps of the scientific method, use
various scientific process skills, and understand the relationships that exist
among scientific disciplines and math/science. [...]
Stonehenge: unearthing a mystery
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More than 4,000 years ago, the people of the Neolithic period decided to build a massive monument using earth, timber and eventually, stones, placing it high on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England — about 137 kilometers southwest of London.
In Space with a spacesuits
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In Space with a Little HOBO
Astronauts working in spacesuits to build the Space Station may get even colder than the suit designers imagined. Measuring the effects of extremely low temperatures on astronauts was the first step in making a better space suit.
F-22 Embraces FORMTEK Workflow Technology
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Company, and Boeing Defense & Space Group’s Military Airplanes Division are working together to develop a new fighter jet to replace the F-15 fighter jet, which has been in use since 1975. The F-22
Why Distance Learning?
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High school physics and chemistry teacher David Byrum has always been an innovator, so when online courses came to his attention, he took advantage of this new learning format. Winner of the Arizona Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Education (1988) and a National Science Teacher’s Association National Exemplar award for his chemistry course (1984), [...]
Cancer: the genetic cause of the uncontrolled synthesis of proteins identified
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An unexpected discovery opens the door to new treatments for several cancers. Researchers at the JGH identify the genetic cause of the uncontrolled synthesis of proteins in cells in National Cancer Institute. Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital and the University McGill of Montreal have discovered a hitherto unknown [...]
A genetic effect of cocaine on the brain
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In a study in mice to better understand the biological basis of drug addiction, scientists show how cocaine acts on a mechanism for the expression of genes in the nucleus accumbens, a key region of the reward circuit in the brain. The cocaine is known to induce lasting changes in this structure, both genetically and [...]
A worm enlighten scientists about bioluminescence
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A small marine worm, Odontosyllis phosphorea has always intrigued by marine scientists and their bioluminescence. Reproduction of this phenomenon in the experimental framework could open the door to some amazing opportunities. Many organisms can take advantage of bioluminescence, and this variety of purposes, to attract a mate or prey, a predator or frighten, to some [...]
