SciTech Spectacular 2007

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Below are links to “science in the news” that you can use in your classroom. You will find the latest breaking information on our region’s growth industries and the SciTech focus areas of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Advanced Materials Processes, Environmental Technology and Information Technology.

Biotechnology

March 9, 2007	Macular Degeneration: Preserving Eyesight Through Nanotechnology and Regeneration Science
Feb 22, 2007	UK - Women given all-clear to donate eggs for use in stem-cell research
Feb 19, 2007	Using tissue regeneration technology, researchers grew a new tooth from single mouse tooth cells and used it to replace natural teeth in a mouse.
Feb 8, 2007	Brazil to seek global leadership in biotechnology
Jan 29, 2007	Robotics could speed up stem cell research
Jan 16, 2007	Genetically modified chickens that produce medicines in their eggs may be the drug factories of the future
Jan 9, 2007	Genetically Modified Skin Cells Fight Infection
Jan 8, 2007	New Source of Stem Cells Discovered
Jan 1, 2007	Genetically engineered cattle could resist mad cow disease

Biotechnology Archives

Nanotechnology

March 19, 2007	Viruses as nanotechnology building blocks for materials and devices: orgranic nanoparticles
March 7, 2007	Cement and Concrete Combined With Nanotechnology May Hold Key To Reducing Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
March 1, 2007	Nanotechnology creates material that reflects virtually no light - new class of nanotechnology materials could lead to more efficient solar cells, brighter LEDs.
Feb 28, 2007	GE Scientists Discover that Nanostructures on the Surface of Butterfly Wings Exhibit Acute Chemical Sensing Capabilities
Feb 27, 2007	Man Invents Machine To Cure Cancer
Feb 7, 2007	Volcanoes and Nanotechnology - Could these forms of carbon already have been generated on Earth millions of years ago?
Feb 3, 2007	EPA announces grants for nanotechnology research to improve drinking water - aimed at ensuring that the United States has the safest drinking water in the world.
Jan 31, 2007	Easy-to-Make Nanosensors Tiny electronics-based detectors could provide simple tests for cancer or bioterror agents.
Jan 30, 2007	Nanotechnology food coming to a fridge near you
Jan 10, 2007	See in the dark with Nanotechnology! (video clip)
Jan 5, 2007	Self-Cleaning Underwear Goes Weeks Without Washing

Nanotechnology Archives

Robotics

March 8, 2007	Robot Reveals How Fish First Crawled Ashore
March 4, 2007	Medication 'Robot' Fits Inside Tooth
Feb 18, 2007	Emotions can allow robots to make better decisions, learn more effectively and interact more appropriately.
Feb 15, 2007	Space Historian sees Cyborg in our future
Jan 30, 2007	Robotic Garage Opening in NYC
Jan 22, 2007	Robot nurses could be on the wards in three years, say scientists
Jan 19, 2007	Robotics will be the defining technology for the 21st century.

Robotics Archives

Advanced Materials Processes

March 27, 2007	Smart Sunglasses Change Color on Demand - They make use of an electrochromic polymer, a material that can alter its levels of darkness and color in response to an electric current.
March 27, 2007	New Biodegradable Plastics Could Be Tossed into the Sea
March 6, 2007	Ink-Jet Printed Three-Dimensional Bioceramic Bones
March 2, 2007	Bayer Says Materials Science Future is Nanotechnology and BayTubes
March 2, 2007	Lung-Cancer Breathalyzer: A cheap sensor array that distinguishes the breath of patients with lung cancer.
Feb 21, 2007	Maglev (magnetically levitated)launch assist technology may enable commercial space travel.
Feb 14, 2007	Allegheny General Hospital's Allegheny Singer Research Institute: Fighting brain cancer with electricity
Feb 9, 2007	Humble vegetable that could revolutionise everything from fishing-rods to battleships
Feb 9, 2007	Smart Nanobattery to be Environmentally Friendly: batteries that use advanced chemistries but are still safe to dispose

Advanced Materials Processes Archives

Environmental Technology

March 4, 2007	Oscar Goes Lean, Clean and Green - AND - Best Documentary Feature goes to �An Inconvenient Truth�
March 1, 2007	Voyage to study an �open wound� on the Atlantic seafloor where the Earth�s deep interior lies exposed without any crust covering
Feb 27, 2007	Zero-carbon home is cost-effective
Feb 26, 2007	Australia to Phase Out Incandescent Lightbulbs
Feb 14, 2007	Offshore Wind Farm Could Blow Away Energy Needs - The reduced use of fossil fuels would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the area by 57 percent, even in New England, one of the world�s most highly polluting areas, according to the study.
Feb 1, 2007	Breaking News: 113 Nations Agree ... Climate Change 'Very Likely' Caused by Humans
Feb 2007	Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone layer. Now as a leader of a major United Nations Report - out this month - she's going after global warming.
Jan 22, 2007	Hot New Study: Earth's Heat Can Power Our Future

Environmental Technology Archives

Information Technology

March 6, 2007	Days of officially drowning in data almost upon us
Feb 19, 2007	GPS sneakers locate wearer with press of a button
Feb 13, 2007	CMU software aids NASA's Mars rovers
Feb 6, 2007	German police barred from secretly searching computers over Internet
Feb 4, 2007	Philip Rosedale didn't create Second Life to be a game - he is remaking the Internet � taking it on a giant leap forward.
Feb 2, 2007	Innovators In The Information Technology Industry

Information Technology Archives

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