Vol. 136 No. 2757, June 2008
Index
- Corn-based ethanol damages environment.
- Pitching the science of baseball physics.
- Does EPA need to be more stringent?
- A national movement--led by Michael F. Buckley, a University at Buffalo (N.Y.) lecturer--is underway to change the way computer science is taught in college.
- A newly defined biochemical pathway in plants may provide the scientific tools to design vegetation that will yield larger quantities of alternative transportation fuels than currently can be produced, according to researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
- Combinations of drugs--what doctors call "drug cocktails"--have proven highly effective in treating some diseases, such as AIDS.
- Exposing plants to electricity can boost production of useful plant chemicals and may provide a cheaper, safer, and more efficient method for producing medicines, pesticides, and other commercially important plant-based materials, report scientists at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.
- Heat is on Amazonian small farmers.
- Smell of the sea can cool climate.
- The 1600 volcanic eruption of Huaynaputina in Peru had a global impact on human society, according to a study of contemporary records by geologists at the University of California, Davis.
- George Washington Carver: a mighty vision beyond peanuts: "we are the architects of our own fortune and the hewers out of our own destiny.".
- Plant pathogen linked to human virus.
- What are the chances of turning Neanderthal?
- Big-brained primates develop more slowly.
- Five million years in the Cradle of Mankind.
- Do chimps and humans communicate the same?
- "A Day in Pompeii" recounts fatal eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
- Gender differences in language are biological.
- More revelations on dinosaur extinction.
- Newly discovered star hidden in plain sight.
- Spectacular aircraft "In Plane View".
- Black bear, black bear what do you see?
- New nanovalve to deliver targeted drugs.
- Fertilization discovery makes vaccine possible.
- Shona: Spirits in Stone Art & Animals from Africa.
- Data processing through a fly's eye.
- Wandering albatrosses follow their nose.
- First pest insect to have genome sequenced.
- Iron membrane thrives at high temperatures.
- New blood vessels from hair follicles.
- Pigs replace mice in search for cure clues.
- Eco-friendly fireworks fueled by nitrogen.
- Solar power starts to sizzle.
- The winds of change: global wind power capacity continues to skyrocket.