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President Lee Myung-Bak poses in front of the KSLV-1 rocket

S.Korea first rocket launch set for August 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

South Korea has rescheduled its first space rocket launch from its soil to August 11 after repeatedly postponing it due to technical reasons, officials said Saturday.


Bold Researchers

Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations Rewards Bold Ideas

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Even in troubled times, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognize innovation for the betterment of mankind takes money. The Gates Foundation is providing $100,000 to 81 cutting edge health researcher ...


New Instrument Could Detect Hidden Aviation Hazards

New Instrument Could Detect Hidden Aviation Hazards

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While radar and other existing systems typically warn aircraft pilots of potential weather hazards during flight, they do not detect all possible atmospheric dangers.


Fast-food density and neighborhood walkability affect residents' weight and waist size

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a research article published recently by the American Journal of Epidemiology, Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.D., and colleagues show that a high-density of fast food outlets was associated with a ...


Two distinct molecular pathways can make regulatory immune cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finding a way to bypass the molecular events involved in autoimmunity - where the body's immune system mounts a self-directed attack - could lead to new treatments for autoimmune disorders and chronic infections. A study ...


stem cells

Researchers make stem cell breakthrough

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (33) | comments 10

In a study to be released on March 1, 2009, Mount Sinai Hospital's Dr. Andras Nagy discovered a new method of creating stem cells that could lead to possible cures for devastating diseases including spinal ...


Scientists find new structural motif in key enzymes is essential to prevent autoimmune disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research ...


Researchers develop new technique to tap full potential of antibody libraries

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In hopes of more fully tapping the libraries' potential, a group of Scripps Research Institute scientists, led by Scripps Research President Richard A. Lerner, M.D., has for the first time developed a new screening technique ...


IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps ...


Scientists develop first examples of RNA that replicates itself indefinitely

Chemistry /

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 24

Now, a pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists has taken a significant step toward answering that question. The scientists have synthesized for the first time RNA enzymes that can replicate themselves without the help ...