Posts Tagged ‘Emory University’
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2009 13:51 - 0 Comments
Don’t believe what you hear about Mars
EMORY (US)—“Every year about this time, people say to me, ‘Gee, I hear Mars is going to get really close to the Earth in August, and it will look as big as the moon,’” says astronomer Horace Dale, who has developed a Mars distance calculator that—he hopes—will help “stamp out this rumor.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 31, 2009 15:33 - 0 Comments
Solar energy solution buried in the mud
“We envision producing hydrogen in a photochemically driven process, where the electrons and protons needed to produce the hydrogen are furnished by water,” chemist Brian Dyer explains. “You could then burn the hydrogen as fuel and get water back. It would be a perfectly clean cycle.”
Earth & Environment - Jul 10, 2009 13:28 - 1 Comment
Dinosaurs of many kinds may have burrowed to survive
On the heels of his discovery in Montana of the first trace fossil of a dinosaur burrow, Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin has found evidence of more dinosaur burrows—this time on the other side of the world, in Victoria, Australia. Martin believes the likely burrows were made by small ornithopod dinosaurs—herbivores that were prevalent in the region and were about the size of a large, modern-day iguana.
Science & Technology - Jul 2, 2009 10:34 - 1 Comment
For ants, farming is in their DNA
Emory University biologist Nicole Gerardo gives a tour of the complex world of fungus-growing ants.
Society & Culture - Jun 30, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments
As illegitimacy rates soar, so do costs
“Sex may be free,” says John Witte, a law professor at Emory University. “But children are not.” In his new book, Witte argues that government should enforce a “much firmer imposition of ongoing civil responsibility for the care and support of an innocent child born of such conduct.”
Society & Culture - Jun 29, 2009 12:47 - 0 Comments
KGB notebooks yield clues to Cold War spies
“One thing that gave us confidence that the notebooks are genuine is the way it fits in with what we already know,” says Emory University political scientist and historian Harvey Klehr, who was the first American scholar to get access to KGB files (now closed) after the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
Science & Technology - Jun 15, 2009 15:34 - 0 Comments
Mice mom better at answering baby’s call
Photo montage courtesy of Jack Kearse and the Liu Lab
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2009 6:00 - 6 Comments
Gay marriage ban linked to HIV infection rates
Hugo Mialon, left, and Andrew Francis are applying economic theories to calculate how social attitudes and policies affect HIV transmission.
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 12:59 - 0 Comments
Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines
The vaccine patches used in the experiments contained an array of stainless steel microneedles coated with inactivated influenza virus.
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2009 13:38 - 2 Comments
Letting your brain off the financial hook
Research led by Emory’s Gregory Berns suggests the brain relinquishes responsibility when a trusted authority provides expertise.
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2009 8:08 - 2 Comments
Rise and fight, sleepy T cells!
EMORY (US)—Recent experiments in monkeys suggest blocking a key trigger of immune “exhaustion” could help revive humans’ ability to fight chronic infections such as hepatitis C or HIV/AIDS. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2009 13:10 - 0 Comments
Forget the dog—Teach bacteria new tricks
Justin Gallivan (Credit: Bryan Meltz)
Health & Medicine, Science & Technology - Apr 27, 2009 12:48 - 0 Comments
Forget it—Stem cells start with clean slate
EMORY (US)—New findings about how sperm and egg unite to create new life may have implications for stem-cell therapies and cloning. Emory University scientists have pinpointed a process that erases information in fertilized eggs to create a zygote—the ultimate stem cell. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 22, 2009 16:05 - 0 Comments
Slave trade records now searchable online
EMORY (US)—The hidden history of 12.5 million slaves and their transatlantic journeys is being opened to the world. A free online database documents more than 80 percent of the slave trade activity—almost 35,000 voyages—between the 16th and 19th centuries. (more…)
