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More science on mountaintop removal’s health effects « Coal Tattoo

More science on mountaintop removal’s health effects « Coal Tattoo. Here’s a review of articles on the topic, including the most recent Hendryx article, available as a pdf file.

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Obama: ‘Braaaaaains.’ Partha Mitra: ‘Whoa there, buddy.’

Partha Mitra is the Crick-Clay professor of biomathematics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. A theoretical physicist by training, he is working on mapping mouse brain...

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Lessons not learned: Insider threats in pathogen research | Bulletin of the...

Lessons not learned: Insider threats in pathogen research | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Article Highlights Even though America’s most notorious biosecurity breach — the 2001 anthrax mailings —...

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Digital Public Library of America

Digital Public Library of America.

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Study outlines overlooked impacts of mountaintop removal  – News – The...

Study outlines overlooked impacts of mountaintop removal  – News – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports -. “Topographic changes and land-cover changes associated with mountaintop...

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Hey Kids! Learn to Write Code, It’s the Future!

Hey Kids! Learn to Write Code, It's the Future!.

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If this was a pill, you’d do anything to get it

Most care-management systems rely on nurses sitting in call centers, checking up on patients over the phone. That model has mostly been a failure. And while many health systems send a nurse regularly...

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Why is Science Behind a Paywall?

Why is Science Behind a Paywall?. Although the act of publishing seems to entail sharing your research with the world, most published papers sit behind paywalls. The journals that publish them charge...

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The Fiftieth Anniversary of Chaos | Wired Science | Wired.com

The Fiftieth Anniversary of Chaos | Wired Science | Wired.com.

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Chaos at fifty | Print Edition – Physics Today

Chaos at fifty | Print Edition – Physics Today.

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Science Crankery, Physics and Math Edition

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Genetically Programmable Pathogen Sense and Destroy – ACS Synthetic Biology...

Genetically Programmable Pathogen Sense and Destroy – ACS Synthetic Biology (ACS Publications).

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PLOS ONE: Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a...

PLOS ONE: Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a Diverse Set of Sequences from Aquatic, Marine and Sediment-Inhabiting Bacteria and Eukarya. Abstract: Lake Vostok, the 7th largest...

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Recovery woes: America’s second-largest employer is a temp agency |...

Behind Wal-Mart, the second-largest employer in America is Kelly Services, a temporary work provider. Friday’s disappointing jobs report showed that part-time jobs are at an all-time high, with 28...

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Conditionally fluorescent molecular probes for detecting single base changes...

Conditionally fluorescent molecular probes for detecting single base changes in double-stranded DNA : Nature Chemistry : Nature Publishing Group. Small variations in nucleic acid sequences can have...

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Nucleobases bind to and stabilize aggregates of a prebiotic amphiphile,...

Nucleobases bind to and stabilize aggregates of a prebiotic amphiphile, providing a viable mechanism for the emergence of protocells. Abstract Primordial cells presumably combined RNAs, which...

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Natural affinities – unrecognized until now – may have set stage for life to...

Natural affinities – unrecognized until now – may have set stage for life to ignite | UW Today.

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N-Fix tech could drastically reduce agricultural fertilizer use

N-Fix tech could drastically reduce agricultural fertilizer use. Synthetic crop fertilizers are a huge source of pollution. This is particularly true when they’re washed from fields (or leach out of...

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Aphid attacks should be reported through the fungusphone | Byte Size Biology

Aphid attacks should be reported through the fungusphone | Byte Size Biology. When some plants are attacked by sap-sucking aphids, they emit volatile compounds into the air. These volatiles serve as a...

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Welcome to MRUniversity | MRUniversity

Welcome to MRUniversity | MRUniversity.

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