Topics : Science World Report

Feb 18, 2012 04:40 PM EST

The Pathway Into the Cell: Dynamin Dynamics Modelling

"Imagine an inflated balloon attached to a pump, but much, much smaller. By pinching off the neck of the balloon with a noose, it is detached from the pump and is able to move about freely."

Feb 18, 2012 04:36 PM EST

Teaching Science to the Religious? Focus on how Theories Develop

Vicious, winner-take-all competition in nature is an essential pillar of evolutionary theory, but it frequently describes the mindset people have about how, or whether, to teach the subject. Religious students sometimes come to class thinking that science and religion are in deliberate opposition, l...

Feb 18, 2012 04:26 PM EST

Research at AAAS Highlights National, International 'Excellence Gaps' in Education

News media and think tanks often call attention to achievement gaps in education, highlighting test-score differences between racial, ethnic and socio-economic groups. A related issue that gets little attention is the "excellence gap," the fact that minority and underprivileged students make up a di...

Feb 18, 2012 03:59 PM EST

Building Blocks of Early Earth Survived Collision that Created Moon

Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth's mantle (the rocky layer between Earth's metallic core and crust) formed when the planet was much smaller than it is now, and that some of this early-formed mantle survived Earth's turbulent...

Feb 18, 2012 03:16 PM EST

European Scientists Call for Greater Integrity, Openness, Clarity and Public Engagement

European-based speakers representing the fields of nuclear energy, genetically modified organisms, and harm reduction science in tobacco made the plea on 18 February at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Vancouver, Canada. The panelists, each with p...

Feb 18, 2012 02:33 PM EST

Man-made Photosynthesis to Revolutionize Food and Energy Production

Improving natural photosynthesis to make new fuels and boost crop production is the focus of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded research presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting today. It could see us one step close...

Feb 18, 2012 02:25 PM EST

Computer Scientist Developing Intersections of the Future with Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virtual traffic controller, says computer scientist Peter Stone.

Feb 18, 2012 06:49 AM EST

Hidden in Plain Sight, Concrete Holds a Strange History

Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us work within its walls. Yet very few of us know what it is. We take the substance that is the basis of this familiar landscape for granted; yet the story of its creation and development feature...

Feb 18, 2012 06:42 AM EST

Japan, IAEA to Hold Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety

On 17 February 2012, the Japanese Government announced that it will hold The Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety, in co-sponsorship with the IAEA.

Feb 17, 2012 04:29 PM EST

Public Health Experts to Hold International Conference on Black Health in the Western Hemisphere

The Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has now opened registration for the International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora â€“ ICHAD 2012. The conference will be held July 4-8, 2012 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harbo...

Feb 17, 2012 03:59 PM EST

Who Goes There?

We are all used to logging into networks where we have a unique identity, verified by the network server and associated with our account for other members of the network to see. Such an identity-based network system is useful because it is relatively simple. However, there are three major drawbacks ...

Feb 17, 2012 03:51 PM EST

AAAS-SFU Research: Linking Human Evolution and Climate Change

It's not a take on climate change we often hear about. But Mark Collard, a Simon Fraser University Canada Research Chair and professor of archaeology, will talk about how climate change impacts human evolution at the world's largest science fair.