Dr. Mark Post displayed samples of in-vitro meat at the University of Maastricht in 2011.
Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Friday, May 17, 2013
Math Electric Shocks to Brain May Help Students Solve Math Problems
Scientists at Oxford University
said brain stimulation could be routinely used to help those who fall
behind in maths. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Honey's Hidden Helper
A new study identified compounds in honey
that help bees fight off germs.
Credit: Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural
Research Service, Bugwood.org
Light Dancing on Glass
This image, taken with a powerful microscope,
shows tiny, individual crystals of bismuth telluride. A new structure
made from this material lets light travel easily and without
interruption along its surface.
Credit: A13ean/Wikipedia
American Cannibals
Artists and scientists worked together to
create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might
have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was
cannibalized after she died.
Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian
Pee is for Power!
Adebola Duro-Aina (left), Oluwatoyin Faleke
(center) and Zainab Bello (right) designed a system that uses urine to
produce a fuel. Generators that run on this fuel, rather than gasoline,
would avoid spewing carbon monoxide, a toxic pollutant.
Credit: Patrick
Thornton, SSP
Here Comes Swarmageddon!
Two adult cicadas size each other up on a wooden railing.
Credit: rbmiles/iStockphoto
Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life
This map, from the United States Geological Survey, shows the age of
bedrock in different regions of North America. Scientists found ancient
water in bedrock north of Lake Superior. This region, colored red, was
formed more than 2.5 billion years ago.
Credit: United States Geological Survey
Monday, May 6, 2013
Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova
SNR 0519.
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: Claude Cornen)
Parents' Saliva On Pacifiers Could Ward Off Baby's Allergies
Sucking may be one of the most beneficial ways to clean a baby's dirty pacifier, a study found
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The Stuff of Dreams
Scientists recently used a computer program
to decode patterns of brain activity displayed during a dream. They
found that a certain object was linked with a particular pattern, and
that pattern was similar whether the object was seen while awake or
asleep.
Credit: iStockphoto
New Life for Used Organ
A rat kidney was stripped of its cells and
repopulated with human and rat cells. Researchers transplanted the organ
into a rat, where it functioned to produce urine and filter impurities
from blood.
Credit: Ott Lab/Center for Regenerative
Medicine/Massachusetts General Hospital
Back to School, Use Music to Help You Memorize
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'Print' Almost Anything
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For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to
produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s
Design Lab
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