- :: Atom & Cosmos
- :: Body & Brain
- :: Earth
- :: Environment
- :: Genes & Cells
- :: Humans
- :: Life
- :: Matter & Energy
- :: Molecules
- :: Science & Society
- :: Other Topics
- :: Science News For Kids
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/6695
October 22nd, 2005
-
Scientists have devised ways to isolate embryonic stem cells from mice without destroying viable embryos. (p. 259)
-
Researchers have created an electromechanical device out of living microbes. (p. 259)
-
Some male fish can upgrade their social status, and their appearance, in a matter of minutes. (p. 260)
-
Obese people who opt for weight-loss surgery incur increased odds of subsequent hospitalization and, in some groups, a substantial risk of death. (p. 260)
-
The stress of receiving poor maternal care for a short period after birth comes back to haunt rats by stimulating memory losses and related brain disturbances in middle age. (p. 261)
-
A sea creature called a stalked crinoid may look as motionless as a flower on a stem but a video has revealed it practically jogging across the ocean floor. Video. (p. 261)
-
Researchers have crafted an ultrathin solar cell out of inorganic nanocrystals that have several of the advantages of plastic but avoid some of its shortcomings. (p. 262)
-
New ultraviolet images of the moon help identify the presence of ilmenite, a titanium oxide whose elemental constituents may be a valuable resource for sustaining humans as they explore the lunar surface. (p. 262)
-
Monoclonal antibodies that target immune cells can save pancreatic cells from the immune system for more than a year in people with type 1 diabetes. (p. 263)
-
Emperor penguins go to such extremes to cope with life in Antarctica that they've inspired interesting science as well as a hit movie. (p. 266)
-
Researchers have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes, once ignited, can detonate explosives. (p. 269)
-
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be autoimmune diseases, according to a new study. (p. 269)
-
An experimental vaccine against the microbe that causes strep throat can induce a potent immune response in adults. (p. 270)
-
Researchers have identified a new bacterium in a severely ill patient. (p. 270)
-
Hundreds of injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan harbor an unusual bacterium that complicates wound healing. (p. 270)
-
Vibrio bacteria, carried in seawater, have caused a spate of infections in people along the U.S. Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (p. 270)
-
(p. 271)
-
The talents of one recent intern and one from many years ago have now been recognized by national awards. (p. 271)
Advertisement
Book Review: Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
Review by Sid Perkins
Buy now | More Books
Review by Sid Perkins
Buy now | More Books
 |
|
 |
Site originally developed by Confluent Forms LLC, some elements © 2001 - 2009
