Looking through posts tagged ‘science’

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Necessary follow-up on the “Missing Link” | 26th May 2009

Ars Technica did a fantastic follow-up on the discovery of the “missing link”, which I posted about last week. As Ars points out, it’s looking like Ida was way more hype than anything, which could end up being extremely detrimental to science. Despite being a very well-preserved and valuable fossil, she does not appear to [...]

Score 2 for Science | 21st May 2009

Just popping back in to tell you about a really cool scientific discovery. Some paleontologists discovered a new genus and species in Germany that is described as the “missing link” between humans and early mammals. The skeleton, dubbed Ida (or Darwinius masillae if you prefer), is an early mammal similar to a lemur that has [...]

Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL | 12th Jan 2009

Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL.  “The next steps in this line of research include determining how well this synthetic HDL transports cholesterol to the liver.”  I think that’ll be a key step.  But interesting, nonetheless.

Taking Back The Power of Science | 18th Sep 2008

I read an article on Ars Technica [via /.]the other day that made me very worried about the future of scientific discovery in the US. With our currently failing economy, I don’t understand how we can still be making such idiotic decisions about the future of some of our most innovative industries. The scientific research [...]

Chemical Party | 22nd Aug 2008

Learn the principles of chemistry with the Chemical Party video [hat tip Peter Srinu].

Solar Eclipse | 4th Aug 2008

Some people on an airplane videotaped a solar eclipse (via Gizmodo). Sweet!

Summer Research | 8th Jul 2008

I’ve started a new research project this summer in Marcello Del Carlo‘s lab. Dr. Del Carlo is a new faculty member at Rush in the Department of Biochemistry. Our lab is affiliated with a clinical urologist faculty and we’re researching a urological disease called Peyronie’s Disease (PD) [Warning: male nudity]. From a biochemical perspective, we’re [...]

Large Hadron Collider | 30th Mar 2008

Will the Large Hadron Collider bring about a cosmic Doomsday event, be used to shoot pidgeons, or just create the Higgs Boson and discover the meaning of life? Only the next few months will tell… Note to dyslexics: Don’t transpose the “d” and “r” in that second word, or you’ll get an entirely different set [...]

Pieter didn’t lie | 5th Nov 2007

Apparently Pieter wasn’t lying to me when he said my undergraduate thesis was on a really important topic. In yesterday’s Tribune, they dug up an apparently old piece of news that I hadn’t heard. The folks at UIUC‘s new IGB received a $7 million grant from the NIH back in April. For what? Apparently to [...]

Quantum Suicide? | 30th Oct 2007

I was checking my Google Homepage a few weeks ago and I noticed an article under How Stuff Works entitled “How Quantum Suicide Works.” The concepts in the article were a little complicated at times (well the background physics might be considered complicated), but overall I thought it was a pretty interesting and worthwhile read. [...]

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