Male contraception -- UVa discovery stirring interest among basic scientists and drug developers
..., future male contraceptive drugs will be known as intelligent spermicides," Herr explained. "At UVa, we've coined a great name for this new drug class, spermistatic."...Intelligent software solutions to better understand biological processes
...MPI-CBG is happy to see the further development of intelligent software solutions urgently needed for today's high-throughput image-based experimental data. "For us it is essential to be able to extract more information from the new generation of image-based screens that are providing such an exciting opportunit...Maxine F. Singer to receive Public Welfare Medal
...agging advocacy for improved science education and intelligent policy mark her as uniquely interested in the well-being of the next generation of scientists," said John Brauman, home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the selection committee for the award. As president of the Carnegie In...First time ever: Witness the fitting of a POWER KNEE on the first VA patient to receive one
..., the world's first motor-powered and artificially intelligent prosthesis for below-the knee amputees. Brian is a...war vet. He'll also tell you what he thinks of his intelligent POWER KNEE by Ossur. Have him show you how he can climb up stairs foot-over-foot. Brad is a prosthet...Fighting to keep Darwin in the classroom
...rganizations have had notable success in combating intelligent design in the classroom, what is needed now is a fresh source of evolution materials and anti-creationism ammunition for our school teachers on the front lines of this ongoing battle. Today, on Darwin's 198th birthday, Springer announces plans for a...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...nlight to generate electricity. The system is also intelligent in its ability to automatically switch the light from illuminating the inside of buildings to generating electricity based on the buildings energy needs. The research is funded through DOEs Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Solar Tech...AAAS honors defenders of evolution with Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
... only have occurred through the intervention of an intelligent agent. Scott said proponents of intelligent design promote some of the same flawed arguments as previous critics of evolution, including the not......l world for inspiration and guidance as they build intelligent machines. Ongoing research has already produced some computer programs and robots that can learn from experience and adapt their behaviour to a complex, constantly changing environment. We can expect that this technology will be greatly improved in t...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...may be true for elephants, whales and other highly intelligent mammals that have complex emotional lives, he added. "The reason baboons are such good models is, like us, they don't have real stressors," he said. "If you live in a baboon troop in the Serengeti, you only have to work three hours a day for your c...Robotic cameras join search for 'Holy Grail of bird-watching'
...ley, and Texas A&M University, the high-resolution intelligent robotic video system installed in the Bayou DeView area of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas is part of a major effort to locate the ivory-billed woodpecker in its historic habitat, the bottomland forests of the southeast United St...Scientific literacy happens -- when students think for themselves
...ue. The students in the first group were just as intelligent as those in the second group, Rissing said. They just lacked confidence. No teacher had ever asked them something as simple as how do they want to display what they saw in the experiment. They had always been told how to do that. Educators thought ...New research finds that a natural family planning method is as effective as the contraceptive pill
...hat some of the couples were practising conscious, intelligent risk-taking, and were having no unprotected sex during the few highly fertile days, but had unprotected intercourse on the days at the margins of the fertile time when the risk of pregnancy was lower. Some studies have suggested that womens libido ...What is wrong with intelligent design?
...usses the problems with two standard criticisms of intelligent design: that it is unfalsifiable and that the many...aptations found in nature refute the hypothesis of intelligent design. Biologists from Charles Darwin to Stephen Jay Gould have advanced this second type of arg...National Academies host spring season of Distinctive Voices programs in Irvine, Calif.
... how this could not be the product of a benevolent intelligent designer. Dr. Ayala is University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He has published more than 900 scholarly articles, authored or edited 30 books, and was awarded the National Medal...Ossur's Proprio Foot walks away with 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award
...gy platform, is the worlds first motor-powered and intelligent prosthetic foot, a seamless fusion of electronics, mechanics, and human physiology that reduces the energy patients spend in reacting consciously to the environment. The foot replaces muscle function that was lost due to an amputation, enabling amput...Nanotechnology requires immediate changes in EPA
...o encourage EPA, Congress, and others to create an intelligent oversight approach that empowers EPA and promotes investment and innovation in new nanotechnology products and processes," said David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Wilson Center (PEN). "As both the chair and ran...Book makes case for using evolution in everyday life
...Unlike the futile controversy over creationism and intelligent design, my dialogue with religious scholars and believers is cordial and productive, Wilson reports....Ossur's PROPRIO FOOT takes the Gold 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award
...gy platform, is the worlds first motor-powered and intelligent prosthetic foot, a seamless fusion of electronics, mechanics, and human physiology that reduces the energy patients spend in reacting consciously to the environment. The foot replaces muscle function that was lost due to an amputation, enabling amput...New medical implants should react with the body, not seek to be inert
...ernational, he says that it is time to take a more intelligent approach. Rather than building implants out of materials that try to hide from the bodys systems, he believes that we should be creating them from materials that are specifically designed to engage with biological processes. This could take the for......s led by Mark Geoghegan reveal the secret of their intelligent adhesion in the journal Angewandte Chemie. One of the surfaces involved consists of a polyacid gel, a three-dimensionally cross-linked polymer containing many acid groups. This polymer network is so heavily soaked in liquid that it forms a solid, g...