In Peru there is a tropical disease known as leishmaniasis. This disease is caused by the bite of an infected sand fly. In the area it is most commonly found 2 million people are affected each year. As if that isn’t enough, 350 million around the world are at risk of catching this disease. This is a [...]
Entries from October 27th, 2010
Ants Save Trees From African Elephants.
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
It has been discovered that African Elephants are destroying trees in the savannas. Surprisingly tests have found that the trees are being protected by a species much smaller than elephants. Swarms of ants group together to keep the elephants from eating the trees. Ants crawl up into the elephants trunks to keep them away from [...]
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Bees
October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology, Chemistry
In spring to summer have you seen bees near by flowers? Probably they were trying to attack you. So you might not have free time to watch flowers. But today this article talked about how bees are getting old. A bee is very well trained as a forget after three to four days flight time. Amdam says whereas mature [...]
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Where does beef come from?
October 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology, Chemistry
A lot of people eat beef. This beefs is naturally produced without hormones or antibiotics, through traditional systems. Through this research that naturally raised steers can be produced in confinement and with a pasture finishing system. But Faulkner said both may be able to use a traditional confinement system. Because there organic beef standard are so [...]
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Mouse Brains
October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry
Many people do not like mice because they say they are creepy or something bad about of it. But when I saw news on the television, scientists use mice when they need to experiment between comparing with human. Because scientists say mouse have most similar body organ with us. So actually mice are useful to [...]
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Twist and Shine – Glowing Tattoos
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Chemistry
An international team of researchers has developed flexible sheets of tiny light emitting diodes that could be implanted under skin to function like glowing tattoos and that can be used in multiple biomedical applications. John Rogers of the University of Illinois teamed with Korea, Singapore, and the United States to develop and build on his [...]
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Red Mud Causes a Wake-Up Call
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Chemistry
The Red Mud incident was caused by a dike bursting that was nearby an Alumina waste pond. A total of 9 people were killed from this accident. There were also 100 people who suffered injuries from the disruption of the dike. It is disappointing that they would even have a waste pond of this sort. [...]
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Looking For Osteoporosis Is Becoming Easier
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry
Elderly people are not the the only people that are prone to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is more common in women than in men, this being a side effect of menopause. Being able to predict when Osteoporosis will strike has always been a hardship for doctors. Steroids are a popular treatment for Osteoporosis because they strengthen your bones [...]
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Robots Can Read Your Mind
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Scientists are working on the first ever robotic dogs that can read your emotions. The dog will be able to read your facial expression. The only problem is that it is a very long process to make these dogs, that will most likely have a very short lifespan. These dogs might be able to one [...]
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Green Carbon Center
October 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Chemistry
This new idea to take carbon, coal, oil, and natural gas and taking what’s left and making it into something useful will help the environment. The plan is to encourage industries that make energy to take what was considered waste and make it into a useful product. This would help keep the environment clean and reduce [...]
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