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Scientists Win Lasker for micro-RNA Discovery Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 448 seconds The Lasker Foundation has announced that Doctors Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun, and David Baulcombe won the Lasker Medical Prize for their discovery of micro-RNA molecules, and their role in gene regulation. Related: ambros, baulcombe, cancer, disease, dna, gene, genetic, micro-rna, nematode, peptide, rna, ruvkun, small, treatment |
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See Through Solar Cells Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 110 seconds Fifty years inthe making, solar-power cells are still flat, rigid, and ugly. But new research shows how they could be made lightweight, flexible, and transparent. These innovations could expand solar-cell use to things like solar fabrics and power generating windows. Related: cells, department, energy, john, laboratory, national, of, panels, powerlight, renewable, rogers, silicon, solar, sunlight, wafer |
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Invisibility: Science Sensei 11 Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 215 seconds Can scientists turn Harry Potter's invisibility cloak into a reality? Science Sensei reports on the progress so far. Related: cloaking, harry, invisibility, invisible, potter, science, sciencentral, sensei |
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Gene-ography Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 123 seconds Genes don't just tell whom you're related to or why you look a certain way; now, they can also tell you where you came from. Researchers have created a genetic map of Europe, and they hope to expand it globally, as this ScienCentral News video explains. Related: ancestry, bustamante, carlos, cat1850, database, dna, europe, gene, genetic, genome, geography, glaxo, glaxosmithkline, gsk, heritage, john, map, matthew, nature, nelson, november, novembre, snp |
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HIV-Immune Cells Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 108 seconds Doctors are considering using a new technology for genetically modifying AIDS patients' own cells to be resistant to HIV. As this ScienCentral News video explains, they're modeling the idea after rare individuals who are naturally immune to the AIDS virus. Related: aids, cells, cure, hiv, immune |
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Fly Swat Science Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 117 seconds Why are flies so hard to swat? It took the world's top fly researchers at Caltech to give us the answer. ScienCentral's Sunita Reed reports on a finding that will give you pointers the next time you reach for your swatter. Related: articles, caltech, cat1930, dickinson, flight, fly, fruit, lab, michael, science, stories, swatter, videos |
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Baby Talk and Brain Waves Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 112 seconds Researchers studying the brains of toddlers say the strength of their brainwaves can indicate language ability. As ScienCentral reports, this research might lead to early identification of language impairment. Related: april, baby, behavioural, benasich, brain, cat1860, cognitive, communication, eeg, electroencephalogram, gamma, gary, language, marcus, neuroscience, psychology, research, rutgers, talk, toddler, wave, waves |
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RoboFish Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 112 seconds Underwater robots that swim like fish and work together without someone remotely controlling them? While it seems like the premise for a movie, it's actually a project underway right now. Related: autonomous, auv, control, darpa, fish, remote, robofish, robot, toy, underwater, vehicle |
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3-D Microscope Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 101 seconds Biologists can now observe the workings inside our cells in full color, 3-D?and soon to be real-time. As this ScienCentral News video explains, scientists have invented a way to trick a light microscope into revealing more details than ever before seen. Related: biology, instrument, light, microscope, nucleus, physics, tool, wavelength |
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Your Brain On Jazz Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 119 seconds Scientists have discovered that a large expanse of a musician's brain "shuts off" while improvising music. This ScienCentral News video explores a note-worthy study of the human brain. Related: brain, creativity, fmri, improv, improvisation, jazz, mind, mri, music |
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Highlighting Cancer Cells Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 116 seconds Cancer surgery is tricky because you dont want to miss any cancer, but you also dont want to cut healthy tissue. Now doctors are testing a new technique that uses a safe chemical highlighter, allowing surgeons to cut by color. See it in this ScienCentral News video. Related: breast, cancer, chemotherapy, clinical, fluorophore, lymph, node, operating, radiation, room, surgeons, surgery, trial, tumor |
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Video Games and Biology Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 97 seconds Video games aren't just for kids. Researchers are now using the same technology that runs games to create realistic simulations of biological systems. As ScienCentral News reports, this approach could speed up research into diseases and drug therapies. Related: 3d, animation, biology, card, computer, drug, game, graphics, infection, modeling, science, spore, therapies, video, videos |
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Inherited Obesity Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 118 seconds If you're planning to have children and want to help them avoid getting fat, lose your own fat before you get pregnant. That's the message from researchers who have found obesity during pregnancy can cause lifelong obesity in the next generations. As this ScienCentral News video explains, the good news is that researchers also found a dietary way to reverse this effect. Related: acid, diet, fat, folic, generations, inherited, nutrition, obesity, pregnancy |
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Vote for You! Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 176 seconds Researchers have shown that voters can be swayed toward choosing a candidate by making the candidate look more like the voter. These visual manipulations were unnoticed, but were enough to swing the 2004 presidential election. The implications of the research go beyond digital manipulation and give a deeper insight into this year's heated race for the White House. Related: bailenson, barak, bush, candidate, cat1890, debate, democrat, digital, election, george, iyengar, jeremy, john, kennedy, kerry, manipulation, mccain, morph, nixon, obama, palin, physiology, race, racial, rational, republican, shanto, vote, voter, w. |
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Jet Stream Shifting Posted by: sciencentral
Video duration: 97 seconds Scientists are finding that the jet stream, that river of air that pushes storms across the country, is moving towards the north and south poles. This ScienCentral News video explains. Related: change, climate, environment, global, hurricane, rain, warming, weather, wind |
