Spinner dolphins have amazing teamwork for attacking prey but scientists have found that their synchronization is even more complex than they realized and is used as a strategy to gain their energy intake. Scientists have studied that dolphins have a technique to enclose their prey, and they circle their “food” to confuse them. What is [...]
Entries from October 23rd, 2008
Is The Grass Really Greener On The Other Side?
October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Biology
Scientists have been attempting to find new, eco-friendly fuel sources for years. Cars run by electricity, fuel made out of grease from food, and even cars that run on water. Now scientists are trying to make a new biofuel from grass. This experiment consists of over eighty acres of different grass varieties, spread out over eleven counties of New York. Scientists [...]
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2nd Virgin Birth By Shark Confirmed???!!!
October 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Biology
Yes, you read the title correctly. A female shark did give birth to a baby shark…. and the baby got eaten right away. This has only been known to happen once before. It happened in a zoo in Omaha Nebraska. Scientists believe that this case was no fluke and that it is quite possible that sharks of [...]
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Unique Properties Of Boron Harnessed To Develop New Drugs And Diagnostics
October 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chemistry
Chemists are almost able to use the element Boron to make drugs that will be helpful to our society. These drugs are hoped to cure cancer and other horrible diseases. All life is said to ultimately come from the element carbon. Carbon is right beside boron in the periodic table of elements. Boron is somewhat [...]
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Solar Energy Advances
October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Chemistry
Everyone’s heard of solar energy, but now, thanks to chemists at Ohio Stat University, it is even more efficient. Before, they encountered two major problems: absorbing all of the sunlight and being fast enough to capture all of the electrons. These chemists along with chemists from Taiwan combined a conductive plastic with metal to overcome [...]
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Mircoscope power!!!!!
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Biology
A microscope equivalent to the Hubble telescope has been installed at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster. It is said to be the most powerful and advanced electron microscope. It is called the Titan 80-300 and has been put to use already. The university is the first university with a microscope of this [...]
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World’s Smallest Storage Space…. the Nuclues of an Atom
October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Chemistry
That is right, you have read correctly. The nucleus of an atom as a place to store information from a computer! Chemists have made a tiny, but significant, breakthrough in storing information on the nucleus of an atom. They have made information last a little longer then a second on the nyucleus of an atom. [...]
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