FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dialogue On Development, Society And Environment Opens In Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands, 4 March 2013 (IUCN) The Prime Ministers High Level Roundtable on Development, Society and Environment, opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, with representatives of government, the private sector and civil society present to discuss important development issues with the hope of agreeing on a development model that incorporates the needs of society and the environment and also considers the long-term needs of the country. The Dialogue was officially opened by the Honorable Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo indicated that the challenges being faced by Solomon Islands are huge, a result of small populations geographically dispersed over a large ocean. Continue reading
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NASA Cover-up Radiation Belt, Local Fluff, Local Interstellar Cloud. End of Days. – Video
NASA Cover-up Radiation Belt, Local Fluff, Local Interstellar Cloud. Continue reading
SpaceX launches to space station, but experiences problem in orbit
SpaceX launched an unmanned rocket with capsule to ferry supplies to space station. Once in orbit, some of the capsule’s thrusters wouldn’t work. Continue reading
NASA Spacecraft Discovers Particle Accelerator at Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted solar particles moving at incredible speeds near Saturn, giving scientists a rare up-close look at phenomena that occur during dramatic star explosions. The particles flowed from the sun during a strong blast of solar wind, then plowed into Saturn’s magnetic field shortly thereafter. This encounter, which Cassini observed in February 2007, created a shockwave that accelerated the particles to super-high energies, scientists said Continue reading
Fears over nanotechnology
Fine line … AWU’s Paul Howes wants research Continue reading
Stretchable Batteries Could Power Cyborg Future
Our cyborg future may not be far off. An ultra-stretchy battery could one day be used to power bionic eyeballs, brain-wave monitoring devices and robotic skins, new research suggests. The new device, which embeds tiny lithium-based batteries in a silicon sheet, can stretch up to three times its initial length and could be recharged wirelessly, Yonggang Huang, study co-author and a mechanical engineer at Northwestern University, wrote to LiveScience in an email Continue reading
Union seeks to protect workers from threat of disease from nanotechnology
Fine line AWU’s Paul Howes wants research. Continue reading
Union raises nanotechnology fears
UNION leader Paul Howes has likened nanotechnology to asbestos, calling for more research to ease fears that the growing use of fine particles could endanger manufacturing workers. Continue reading
DEMONS OF DECEPTION/EUGENICS ABORTION AND BLACK GENOCIDE. – Video
DEMONS OF DECEPTION/EUGENICS ABORTION AND BLACK GENOCIDE. CREDIT TO HEAVENHELLCHANNEL WHY WOULD A BLACK PRESIDENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CALL FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF HIS OWN RACE? Continue reading
DEMONS OF DECEPTION – EUGENICS ABORTION AND BLACK GENOCIDE – Video
DEMONS OF DECEPTION – EUGENICS ABORTION AND BLACK GENOCIDE WHY WOULD A BLACK PRESIDENT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CALL FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF HIS OWN RACE? “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Continue reading
Celltex Controversy Raises Questions About Adult Stem Cell Therapy
A recent article in Nature about a Texas biotech firm named Celltex highlights the political, legal, and ethical problems surrounding the cutting-edge science of adult stem cell therapy . The controversy has pitted the firm against the FDA. Continue reading
"GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD": MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS (1 of 5) – Video
“GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD”: MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS (1 of 5) Michael Wehmeyer, Professor of Special Education at University of Kansas, presents material from the recent book he co-wrote with J. David Smith, “Good Blood,Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks.” Friday February 8, Raven Bookstore, Lawrence, Kansas. By: ParcoKid63 Continue reading
"GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD":MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS (4 of 5) – Video
“GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD”:MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS (4 of 5) Michael Wehmeyer, Professor of Special Education at University of Kansas, presents material from the recent book he co-wrote with J. David Smith, “Good Blood,Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks.” Friday February 8, Raven Bookstore, Lawrence, Kansas. By: ParcoKid63 Continue reading
"GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD": PROFESSOR MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS – Video
“GOOD BLOOD/BAD BLOOD”: PROFESSOR MICHAEL WEHMEYER ON EUGENICS Michael Wehmeyer, Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas, presents material from the recent book he wrote with J. David Smith entitled “Good Blood, Bad Blood: Science, Nature, and the Myth of the Kallikaks.” Friday February 8 2013, Raven Bookstore, Lawrence Kansas. Continue reading
Russian fighter jets breach Japan airspace Over Disputed Islands! – Video
Russian fighter jets breach Japan airspace Over Disputed Islands! PayPal, mary240qgreeley@hotmail.com www.bbc.co.uk “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Continue reading
HEAR THIS | Gene therapy in mice boosts hope for the deaf
By: Agence France-Presse February 5, 2013 6:32 AM AFP FILE PHOTO InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 PARIS – Scientists using gene therapy have partially restored hearing and balance in profoundly deaf mice, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. The research, still in its early stages and restricted to lab animals, may open up new avenues for tackling Usher syndrome, an inherited form of human deafness that usually goes hand in hand with blindness Continue reading
In mice, gene therapy boosts hope for the deaf
PARIS: Scientists using gene therapy have partially restored hearing and balance in profoundly deaf mice, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. Continue reading
NASA Joins European Dark Energy Mission
NASA has officially joined the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, a space telescope that will launch in 2020 to study the mysterious dark matter and dark energy pervading the universe. NASA will contribute 16 infrared detectors and four spares for one of the Euclid telescope’s two planned science instruments, agency officials announced today (Jan Continue reading
:: 24, Jan 2013 :: NEW HYDROGEL FROM THE INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY AND IBM DESTROYS SUPERBUGS AND …
New Hydrogel from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and IBM Destroys Superbugs and Drug-Resistant Biofilms Novel antimicrobial hydrogel prevents antibiotic-resistant microbes from forming on wounds, medical devices and implants Singapore, January 24, 2013 Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research today unveiled the first-ever antimicrobial hydrogel that can break apart biofilms and destroy multidrug-resistant superbugs upon contact. Tests have demonstrated the effectiveness of this novel synthetic material in eliminating various types of bacteria and fungi that are leading causes of microbial infections, and preventing them from developing antibiotic resistance. This discovery may be used in wound healing, medical device and contact lens coating, skin infection treatment and dental fillings Continue reading
NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice
Solicitation Number: NNH13ZDA006C Posted Date: January 10, 2013 Proposal Due Date: April 10, 2013 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting the submission of multiinstitutional team-based proposals for research as participating members of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), hereafter referred to as “the Institute.” The Institute will succeed the current NASA Lunar Science Institute. Proposals must clearly articulate an innovative, broadly based research program addressing basic and applied scientific questions fundamental to understanding the nature of the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids (NEA), the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and the near space environments of these target bodies, to enable human exploration of these destinations Continue reading