iTWire - Science News Sience news http://www.itwire.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:54:27 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.itwire.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png Powered by Joomla! 1.0 http://www.itwire.com Sience news Burned skin healed with human embryonic stem cells http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29517&Itemid=1066 A French study has shown that human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be potentially used to produce skin grafts for... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:26 -0600 IBM scientists 'purrfect' computer that thinks like a cat http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29467&Itemid=1066 Researchers at the International Business Machines Corporation announced that they have built a computer that simulated the cerebral cortex--the thinking... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:09:34 -0600 Study finds childrearing much changed over past nine decades http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29460&Itemid=1066 Dr. Markella Rutherford conducted an analysis based on parenting articles from the 1920s to the mid-2000s. She found that children... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:11 -0600 U.S. study finds surprise within greenhouse gases http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29459&Itemid=1066 Researchers from NASA and Purdue University found that carbon dioxide and methane are not as important as fluorine (F) compounds... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:01:33 -0600 Food allergies increase in U.S. children http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29409&Itemid=1066 According to analysis of four large national health surveys by two U.S. researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:59:06 -0600 PEW report: Teens, parents continue to text and drive http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29408&Itemid=1066 According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet American Life Project, about 25% of teenagers in the United States... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:10:02 -0600 STS-129 lifts off through a beautiful sky in Florida http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29366&Itemid=1066 The space shuttle Atlantis and its NASA astronauts lifted off at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) from its launch... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:40:54 -0600 Much eaten bluefin tuna to have quota cut. Is it enough? http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29365&Itemid=1066 The 48-nation International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has agreed to cut by about one-third the quota... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:14:36 -0600 Diet changes gut bacteria, alters ability to control weight http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29364&Itemid=1066 Although many factors contribute to weight gain, U.S. microbiologist Jeffrey Gordon has been collecting evidence to show that the type... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:24 -0600 Personal HUD comes closer with contact lens LED prototype http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29338&Itemid=1066 Researchers have produced a prototype contact lens that displays graphics, senses body chemistry information from the eye, and is powered... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:38:41 -0600 Baby Boomers may have boomed out http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29330&Itemid=1066 According to a UCLA study of trends in disability within older adults in the United States (especially in the Baby... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:15:02 -0600 November 16, 2009 looks good for next shuttle launch http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29318&Itemid=1066 NASA is hoping for clear sailing on Monday as its space shuttle Atlantis crew prepares to launch for its mission... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:11:19 -0600 Lunar blast by LCROSS hits a bunch of water http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29311&Itemid=1066 NASA has confirmed that the impact of the LCROSS spacecraft and its spent upper stage rocket uncovered about 25 gallons... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:57:42 -0600 Rosetta spacecraft snaps dazzling pix of Earth http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29309&Itemid=1066 The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:54:22 -0600 Troy War on Mars: NASA versus Nature http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29308&Itemid=1066 Trapped in sand for about seven months, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is trying to free itself of its predicament... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:39:20 -0600 Russians send new Poisk research module to ISS http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29292&Itemid=1066 The Russian Federal Space Agency has launched and delivered a new research module called “Poisk” to the International Space Station... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:58 -0600 New Dino species discovered in South Africa http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29291&Itemid=1066 A new species of dinosaur that is similar to the gigantic sauropods has been discovered in a game reserve in... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:59:24 -0600 Michael Green succeeds Stephen Hawking http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29290&Itemid=1066 Physicist Michael Green has been elected the eighteen recipient of the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:07:53 -0600 Oceans have higher capacity to absorb carbon dioxide http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29259&Itemid=1066 According to a British study, the amount of carbon dioxide able to be absorbed into Earth’s oceans is much larger... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:51:10 -0600 Asians, N. Americans have best seats for 2009 Leonid meteor shower http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29230&Itemid=1066 The peak of the Leonid meteor shower for 2009 is Tuesday, November 17. Asia has the best viewing for the... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:24:17 -0600