June 17, 2013
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Discovery of a mutant gene responsible for a disease is a milestone, but for most conditions, it may be only a first step towards a treatment or cure. Understanding Rett Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, is further complicated by the fact that the… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 12, 2013
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The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 6, 2013
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In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors created a bioengineered blood vessel and implanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease. The procedure, the first U.S. clinical trial to test the safety and … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 30, 2013
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On May 20, 2013, the Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., reached an unprecedented milestone. The team mated the instrument and spacecraft decks to form the fourth and final MMS observ… Continue reading
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Earlier this month, our atmosphere crossed an important – and potentially dangerous – milestone. Here’s some context provided by some of NASA’s climate scientists. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 20, 2013
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In 2011, the first full year with the current crop of plug-ins on the market, fewer than 20,000 were sold. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 10, 2013
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On May 9, the daily mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time since measurements began in 1958. Independent measurements made by both NOAA and the Scripps Insti… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 6, 2013
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) represent a milestone in stem cell research, however many of the biochemical processes that underlie reprogramming are still not understood. Scientists now shed new light on this process. They have described i… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 6, 2013
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A new form of clean coal technology reached an important milestone recently, with the successful operation of a research-scale combustion system at Ohio State University. Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 4, 2013
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Medical researchers have shown that the immune system is able to drive tumors and tumor cells into a form of permanent dormancy. The resulting growth arrest allows tumor control in the absence of cancer cell destruction. This permanent dormancy – sci… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 30, 2013
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Another major milestone has been reached by Tesla Motors, the electric car startup that keeps proving skeptics wrong. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 22, 2013
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Engineers working on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope met another milestone recently with they completed performance testing on the observatory’s aft-optics subsystem at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp’s facilities in Boulder, Colo. Ball is the pri… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 11, 2013
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So far the program has helped fund more than 1-gigawatt of solar power capacity, an important milestone that few countries, and even fewer states, have reached. Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 28, 2012
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The team designing America’s new flagship rocket has completed successfully a major technical review of the vehicle’s core stage. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will take the agency’s Orion spacecraft and other payloads beyond low-Earth orbit, provid… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 10, 2012
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Wales is aiming to solidify its position as the country with the highest recycling rates in the U.K. by calling for residents and businesses to recycle 50 percent of their waste in 2012. Environment Minister John Griffiths applauded residents for their growing interest in waste diversion but told them not to “rest on their laurels” [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 4, 2011
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Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director, Sustainable Communities, San Francisco
Yesterday a prominent committee of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) recommended a preferred alternative for its 2012 Regional Transportation … Continue reading