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Clips
Winter 2007
Hooked Together: BWF Meeting Sparks Collaboration
Six years ago, sparks flew at a Burroughs Wellcome Fund meeting when Dr. Raffi Aroian and Dr. Mike Cappello decided to collaborate. The researchers recently published a paper detailing results they had first envisioned at the meeting.
Sunday, 10 December 2006
Scientists track toxins in sludge
Chad Kinney had no intention of studying worms. But when one emerged from the sewage sludge he was studying in Denver water-quality lab, he say opportunity.
Sunday, 10 December 2006
Fish sex change investigated
In 2004, Norris reported that fish just below the Boulder Wastewater Treatment Plant's outflow pipe were changing sex.
Saturday, 09 December 2006
Eco-cycle celebrates 30 years
Four drivers waited for the person in front of them to stuff bags full of plastic bags into a recycling bin. Boulder resident George Dent waited behind the cars on his bicycle. He held a pair of sneakers and a rusty cooking tray.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/dec/09/eco-cycle-celebrates-30-years/Thursday, 09 November 2006
CU scientist warns of mega-quakes
A massive 1505 earthquake in the Northern Indian Himalaya shook mountains and uprooted villages.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/09/cu-scientist-warns-of-mega-quakes/
Thursday, 2 November 2006
Iraq protest draw small crowd
A small group of people gathered Wednesday evening for a vigil at the University of Colorado to end the Iraq war in Iraq.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/nov/02/iraq-protest-draws-small-crowd/
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Guidelines set for MP3 players
Everywhere you look on the University of Colorado campus, students listen to music on the iPods, blissfully unaware that blaring their favorite tunes could eventually damage their hearing.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/county_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2423_5077705,00.html
Monday, 16 October 2006
Quake shakes Boulder's kin
The Dallas Cowboys football game ended abruptly Sunday morning for Hawaii resident Koch when his television was thrown to the floor.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/Oct/16/quake-shakes-boulder039s-kin/
Saturday, 14 October 2006
Center aims to set standards
The entangled mess of wires in a new University of Colorado nanotechnology center is part of a machine that coats what amounts to the world's thinnest television cable.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/science/article/0,1713,BDC_2432_5066383,00.html
Friday, 13 October 2006
Ancient rock may hold the key to life
A gray rock weighing down Stephen Mojzsis's bookshelf has been the focus of a decade-long debate about the origins of life on Earth.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/buffzone_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2448_5063361,00.html
Tuesday, 10 October 2006
Recall shows heads-up attitude
Last month's spinach scare has increased awareness to recall salad greens before people fall ill, as seen in Sunday's recall of California-grown green leaf lettuce believed to be contaminated by irrigation water.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/science/article/0,1713,BDC_2432_5055487,00.html
Sunday, 08 October 2006
Science invades shopping at Twenty Ninth
The solar system and solar power are among the exhibits that will take center stage at Twenty Ninth Street, linking science and shopping to celebrate Boulder's rich scientific heritage.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/crossroads/article/0,1713,BDC_16576_5042691,00.html
Saturday, 07 October 2006
Energy efficiency a selling point
A first-time study of a large-scale production of energy-efficient homes showed that their key selling point quickly evolved from being environmentally friendly to making better investments.
http://www.barbarafarhar.com/pubs/articles/BoulderCO_DailyCamera_EnergyEfficiency.shtml
Friday, 06 October 2006
Nicotine inhaler will ease urges
Aktiv-Dry LLC, a Boulder biotechnology company that develops inhalable dry-powder vaccines, is helping develop an inhalable nicotine vaccine to help smokers quit.
Tuesday, 26 October 2006
Apollo 17 astronaut speaks at CU
The best way to walk on the moon is not to bunny hop but to pretend like you are cross-country skiing, says astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, the first scientist-astronaut and last person to set foot there.
http://www8.dailycamera.com/news/2006/sep/25/apollo-17-astronaut-speaks-at-cu/?printer=1/
Friday, 15 September 2006
New Research model shows El Nino’s effect on drought
Boulder researchers have shown that El Nino events evolving in the central Pacific doomed Indian monsoons to failure — and until now, predicting the droughts has been hit or miss.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/science/article/0,1713,BDC_2432_4994351,00.html
Thursday, 14 September 2006
Drop in bears, ice signal warming
Winter sea ice retreating for two consecutive years and a decrease in the polar bear population indicate global warming is the main culprit for the decline of ice in the Artic, scientists said in a teleconference Wednesday.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/science/article/0,1713,BDC_2432_4991545,00.html
Friday, 08 September 2006
Stormy solar weather ahead
Sunspot 905 appeared
last month as a white blotch where the magnetic instruments staring at the sun
usually see black ones.
http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/science/article/0,1713,BDC_2432_4976902,00.html
September 2006
A Swell Idea to Brighten your Wardrobe
Researchers may have found the
key to cleaner clothes: Their gel-based invention releases enzymes upon demand
into the wash cycle, which may allow laundry detergents to last a lot longer. (CEP)
September 2006
Cells Debut in an Action Film
Scientists at the Georgia
Institute of Technology have developed a probe capable of watching how cells
interact on a new level. They expect the tool may someday be used to help
develop more specialized treatments for human diseases. (CEP)
September 2006
Using Mold to Convert Corn to Ethanol
At Iowa State University Tony
Pometto held up a laboratory flask swimming with little balls of mold. This,
says the professor of food science and human nutrition, is the kind of fungus
that Iowa State researchers have used to successfully convert corn fiber that’s
typically used for animal feed into ethanol. (CEP)
August 2006
Sewage Could Quench Thirst Down Under
A new system for converting
sewage into drinkable water promises a cheap method of wastewater treatment.
But its commercial success will depend largely on its ability to penetrate the
taboo of drinking out of the “loo” – otherwise known as the toilet. (CEP)
Friday, 25 August 2006
Upcoming drug revolution takes a quantum leap
British scientists have found that enzymes cheat time and space by quantum tunnelling - a much faster way of travelling than the classical way - but whether or not perplexing quantum theories can be applied to the biological world is still hotly debated.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/599
Friday, 25 August 2006
China enters space race
China was the third country to put a man in space, but it's teaming up with Russia to kick off the race for Mars.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/598
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Martian spider riddle solved
Scientists have determined that the spider-like markings and dark spots that appear every Martian spring on the southern polar icecap are formed when particles erupt through melted ice and grow as the wind carries them, and not because they are alive.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/589
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Science verus weeds – and the weeds are winning
Australians may lose the battle against the uncontrollable spread of weeds cropping up on farmlands around the country, according to scientists from the Weeds Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/587
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Experiment: could global warming actually be good for trees?
Looking like alien trees, garbed in plastic bubble-boy spacesuits, a new research project hopes to discover how trees will grow 100 years in the future, when scientists expect atmospheric concentrations of carbon-dioxide (CO2) to be significantly greater than they are today.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/588
Tuesday, 22 August 2006
Probe hurtling to a crash-landing on the Moon
Europe's first successful Moon voyager is hurtling toward a spectacular crash landing, but will take pictures of uncharted lunar terrain before impact – potentially shedding light on some of the natural satellite's many mysteries.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/581
Monday, 21 August 2006
Winners of science film awards announced
The winners of Scinema 2006, the 6th International Festival of Science Film, were announced on Sunday at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, celebrating a week-long showcase of the best science films.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/589
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
‘Seeing shoes’ stomp out need for white canes
Blind people may one day ditch their white sticks for a pair of high-tech sunglasses and shoes, according to Hong Kong scientists.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/599
Friday, 11 August 2006
So you want to live longer? Get married
If you are single, you will probably die earlier than your married friends, U.S. researchers say.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/542
Wednesday, 09 August 2006
‘Warrior gene’ more prevalent in New Zealand’s Maoris
A gene associated with risk-taking and aggressive behaviour is common among New Zealand's Maoris and, when combined with certain socio-economic factors, may explain why Maoris have higher rates of incarceration.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/535
Monday, 07 August 2006
London drug trial volunteer faces aggressive cancer
One of the eight men who took part in the notorious drug trial in London shows early signs of an aggressive form of cancer, doctors have reported.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/524
Thursday, 03 August 2006
Cancer cells more mortal than previously thought
Oral cancer cells develop along two specific pathways, an insight that will make early treatment possible, according to Paul Harrison, the lead scientist on the project at Glasgow's Beatson Institute for Cancer Research.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/511
Wednesday, 26 July 2006
Bouncy Martian robots to search for life
Within 10 years scientists could be using thousands of tiny robots that bounce "like Mexican jumping beans" to search for life on Mars. A recent grant from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts could be the boost the scientists needed to make their wildest dreams come true.
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/468
