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Microsoft Research Makes Microsoft Biology Foundation and MODISAzure-Based Environmental Service Available to Scientists and Researchers

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2010Science, Technologyalgorithms, bioinformatics, biological web services, biometeorologist, blast, cloud computing, data-driven research, dennis baldocchi, DNA, escience workshop, informatics group, jeremy kolpak, johnson & johnson pharmaceutical research, mbf, microsoft biology foundation, microsoft biology initiative, microsoft research, modisazure-based environmental service, programming-language-neutral bioinformatics toolkit, protein sequences, researchers, rna, Technology, tony hey, windows azure

*Two new technologies are showcased at the eScience Workshop to fuel advancement of data-driven research in healthcare and environmental fields.*

BERKELEY, Calif. — Oct. 12, 2010 — With more than 200 researchers in attendance at the seventh annual eScience Workshop, Microsoft Research showcases two technologies that facilitate data-driven research: the Microsoft Biology Foundation (MBF) and a MODISAzure-based environmental service. (more…)

Greater Priority Should be Given to Stroke Prevention in Developing Countries

By Guest PostOctober 10, 20102 commentsHealth, Sciencebill & melinda gates foundation, chronic disease, epidemiology, global poverty reduction, peter lloyd-sherlock, prioritise preventative, stroke prevention, university of east anglia

Increased global attention and research needs to be given to stroke prevention and the social and economic effects of the condition in developing countries, according to an academic at the University of East Anglia (UEA). (more…)

Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All, says U of T Researcher

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2010Sciencegreat mass extinction, new dinosaur, opportunistic creatures, sarahsaurus, sauropodomorph skull

A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species but by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out their competitors. (more…)

UMD and UMass Chemists Design Cloaked, Anti-Cancer Toxin to Kill Tumors from Within

By Guest PostOctober 9, 20101 commentHealth, Scienceanti-cancer toxin, biomolecules, cucurbituril, gold nanoparticle, lyle isaacs, nature chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, uncloaked toxic, university of massachusetts, vincent rotello

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A research team including University of Maryland chemistry and biochemistry Professor Lyle Isaacs and University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Vincent Rotello has demonstrated that they can deliver a dormant toxin into a specific site such as a tumor for anti-cancer therapy, then chemically trigger the toxin to de-cloak and attack from within. It holds promise as a complex and sophisticated synthetic, therapeutic drug delivery system for living cells. (more…)

CU-Boulder-Led Hubble Astronomy Team Uncovers Evidence of Early Heated Universe

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2010Scienceastrophysical and planetary sciences, big bang, black hole, black holes, charles danforth, cos, cosmic origins spectrograph, dwarf galaxies, galaxies, global warming, hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, kevin france, michael shull, NASA, quasar beacon, radiation, remote universe, small galaxies, universal warming, universe, university of colorado at boulder

If you think global warming is bad, 11 billion years ago the entire universe underwent what might be called universal warming. The consequence of that early heating was that fierce blasts of radiation from voracious black holes stunted the growth of some small galaxies for a stretch of 500 million years. (more…)

What Lives in the Sea? – First Census of Marine Life Reveals Thousands of New Species

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2010Nature, Scienceanimal plankton, autonomous underwater vehicles, auvs, celebes sea, census of marine life, chris german, cmarz, coml, decade of discovery, deep-sea imaging systems, deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems, larry madin, lost city, marine geochemist, marine zooplankton, mid-atlantic ocean, NASA, peter wiebe, remotely operated vehicles, rovs, sonar, squidworm, tentacles, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institution

The Census of Marine Life, a ten-year project to catalog all life in the sea, discovered more than 6,000 new species during its “decade of discovery,” scientists reported as they unveiled its results at a finale event in London Oct. 4-6. The collaboration combined the efforts of scientists from research organizations in more than 80 nations, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). (more…)

Artist Whose Paintings Allude to Wind Designs Mural for Wind Tunnel Dome

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2010Scienceabstract elements, mural, mural installation, roberto Juarez, stupas of india, wind tunnel dome

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A boldly striped mural designed by a prominent New York artist will decorate the University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Department’s wind tunnel dome on North Campus. (more…)

A Sing-Song Way to a Cure for Speech Disorder

By Guest PostOctober 5, 20101 commentHealth, Sciencejessica colwell, laryngeal tremors, mozart, nandhu radhakrishnan, parkinson’s disease, puccini, sing-song way, speech disorder, traditional indian singing, treatment, wagner

*MU scientist compares classical singing to traditional Indian singing to find speech disorder treatment*

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Hindustani singing, a North Indian traditional style of singing, and classical singing, such as the music of Puccini, Mozart and Wagner, vary greatly in technique and sound. Now, speech-language pathology researchers at the University of Missouri are comparing the two styles in hopes of finding a treatment for laryngeal tremors, a vocal disorder associated with many neurological disorders that can result in severe communication difficulties. (more…)

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