Although renovations are currently underway at Ball State University’s Cooper Science Building, there are years of planning and preparation behind it. Jim Lowe, associate vice president of facilities, planning and management at Ball State, said the conversation about Cooper Science began in 2014. “These discussions continued until we decided at the university to address Cooper’s …
As monkeypox fuels fears here-we-go-pain in a pandemic-weary world, some researchers in Africa have their own sense of déjà vu. Another neglected tropical disease of the poor attracted attention only after it began to infect people in rich countries. “It’s like your neighbor’s house is on fire and you just close your window and say …
Although renovations are currently underway at Ball State University’s Cooper Science Building, there are years of planning and preparation behind it. Jim Lowe, associate vice president of facilities, planning and management at Ball State, said the conversation about Cooper Science began in 2014. “These discussions continued until we decided at the university to address Cooper’s …
Botanist Stephen Newmaster, whose controversial work has had a profound effect on how nutritional supplements are tested and marketed, has not been involved in a scientific breach, the University of Guelph (UG) has said. Newmaster “shows a pattern of misjudgment and has failed to apply the standards expected in research in his discipline,” Commission Chairman …
Although renovations are currently underway at Ball State University’s Cooper Science Building, there are years of planning and preparation behind it. Jim Lowe, associate vice president of facilities, planning and management at Ball State, said the conversation about Cooper Science began in 2014. “These discussions continued until we decided at the university to address Cooper’s …
Pomegranate is known as a “super fruit”. They are a delicious fruit with shiny red edible nuts. They grow on small trees or shrubs growing 10-15 feet, where the climate is very hot and dry. The botanical name of the pomegranate is Punica granatum. The name pomegranate basically means “apple with seeds”. The name, pomegranate, …
Early prototypes of any technology can be a little naive. Just ask Sofia Fluck, a test engineer at the Eugene Brain Electrophysiology Laboratory. She sits hunched over her desk with a small orange flat-blade screwdriver, trying to replace the electronics box lid with the size of a deck of cards. The screw swings as she …
pixel2013, Pixabay.com The heart beats. Sweating of the palms. Turning the head. Although I’m no longer a 13-year-old girl, I’m still guilty of falling in love from time to time. How do you know that you have fallen victim to this painful ordeal? Your day is done when you see them. Creating an understandable conversation …
While we were smart enough to ask questions and consider our existence, we wondered where we came from. Discovering evolution through natural selection led us part of the way to the answer when he explained how life changes over time, but cannot cope with the origin of life itself. So far, the only answers we …
How did life start? Abiogenesis, panspermia and the science of Prometheus Read More »
Millions of tons of highly reactive chemicals called hydrotrioxides can stay in the atmosphere for hours, a new study suggests – which could have implications for human health and global climate. Chemicals interact with other compounds extremely quickly, and their presence means that chemists will have to rethink how processes in the atmosphere work. Hydrotrioxides …
A new, highly reactive chemical discovered in the atmosphere Read More »
