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New device creates lipid spheres that mimic cell membranes

A new way of manipulating fluids on microscopic levels brings us one step closer to "bottom-up" artificial cell constructs.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New NIST biometric data standard adds DNA, footmarks and enhanced fingerprint descriptions

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a revised biometric standard in November, 2011, that vastly expands the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No crystal ball necessary: Scientists can accurately predict leadership emergence

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch scientists at VU University Amsterdam are able to quite accurately predict the emergence of leaders in domains such as politics and the military. They developed a model of leadership emergence based ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

WHRC debuts detailed maps of forest canopy height and carbon stock for the conterminous US

The Woods Hole Research Center has released the first hectare-scale maps of canopy height, aboveground biomass, and associated carbon stock for the forests and woodlands of the conterminous United States. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wired editor acknowledges lifting Wiki material

(AP) -- The author of a new book about the wisdom of free products on the Web has acknowledged taking some liberties in his own work.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0