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Science In The News Archives


Below are links to “science in the news” from previous years. You will find 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 Biotech symbol

         12/26/2006 Industry group gives scientists the go-ahead for genetically engineered peanuts - the work could lead to peanuts with enhanced flavor, more vitamins and nutrients, and possibly even nuts that are less likely to trigger allergic reactions
         12/18/2006 Gene linked with autism found
         12/15/2006 World's first cloned cat has kittens
         11/15/2006 Neanderthal DNA sequenced - could assist understanding human evolution
         11/14/2006 Scientists study genes, severe injuries
         9/25/2006 Ten years later: biotechnology and its future
         9/8/2006 New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biotechnology--and what they mean.
         7/18/2006 Eureka! Bacteria Have the Midas Touch
         7/14/2006 Biotech crop growers moving into clothing industry
         5/31/06 Evolution seen in a yogurt cup
         5/22/2006 Stem cells - a cure for incontinence?
         4/26/2006 2nd DNA test to free man jailed in 1988 slaying near Kennywood
         4/3/2006 The first complex organ, the bladder, has been rebuilt in seven patients from living tissue cultivated in the lab
         3/27/2006 Scientists bring home the bacon with healthy pig fat
         3/26/2006 Mouse testicle cells behave like stem cells
         3/4/2006 A new collaboration for regenerating tissue lost in battle includes the military, Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, the McGowan Institute.
         3/1/2006 Why We Have Sex: It Cleanses Our Genes
         2/22/2006 Chickens can be grow teeth when their genes are tweaked!
         2/16/2006 Stem Cells multiplied from your own blood to strengthen your own heart? (picture #10)
         2/14/2006 Biotech's Current Harvest
         1/17/2006 Custom-Made Microbes, at Your Service
         12/26/2005 International team including Penn State reps recovered DNA from a woolly mammoth. Study also served as a proof-of-principle exercise for a new gene sequencing technology, developed by Carnegie Mellon University graduate.
         12/20/2005 Korean scandal - the possibility that cloning experiments were faked threatens to undermine confidence in stem-cell research.
         10/23/2005 Scientists aim for clone cure to bird flu
         7/2005 The Stem Cell Divide
         6/24/2005 In Pitt study, adult stem cells show potential for therapeutic use
         4/3/2005 Genetic patch treats 'bubble-boy' disease
         3/23/2005 Plants inherit ability to correct errors in their own genes
         12/29/2004 What makes us exceptional?
         12/7/2004 Pitt Researchers are first to clone monkey embryo
         10/25/2004 The Battle Over Stem Cells (Newsweek)


 
Nanotechnology Nanotech symbol

         12/4/2006 Nanotechnology - in my toothpaste...?
         11/19/2006 Can Nanotechnology Cut Deep-Fried Foods Grease?
         10/23/2006 Hip chip uses nanotechnology to monitor healing
         10/23/2006 Nanotechnology saves Renaissance masterpieces, Mayan wallpaintings, and old shipwrecks
         10/16/2006 Nanoparticle Sheets Form Spontaneously
         10/5/2006 Nanotechnology: Sold in a Store Near You
         5/5/2006 Using nanotechnology to purify saltwater!
         3/13/2006 Plugging gaps in their injured brains - Nanotech Restores Vision in Hamsters
         2/17/2006 New Nano-Probe Works Like a Microphone
         2/17/2006 Fruit of the Nano-Loom New textiles tap polymer science to both trap and kill toxins -- all while wicking away sweat.
         1/11/2006 Nanotechnology May Need Regulation
         9/05/2005 Nanoparticles create anti-fog coating
          9/2005 Nano-Nano: From golf balls to fuel cells, the promise of nanotechnology isn't from out of this world, but some place better - Pittsburgh!
         8/17/2005 Nanotechnology Driving Sports to New Lengths
         7/31/2005 The solar-powered soldier
         5/15/2005 'Programmable matter' one day could transform itself into all kinds of look-alikes real Shape shifting!
         3/31/2005 Artificial Retina Gets Diamond Coating
         1/12/2005 Top Ten Nanotech Products
         11/13/2004 EPA moves to determine safety of new, invisibly tiny materials


 
Robotics Robotics symbol

         12/22/2006 Cuddly seals honored in robotics prize
         11/20/2006 SciTech speaker, Chris Urmson, on the CMU robot car that is facing urban traffic challenges
         11/16/2006 New Robot Adapts to Injuries
         10/12/2006 Watch and Listen to RuBot II Robot Solving a Rubik's Cube!
         10/4/2006 Physician performs state's first heart valve repair using robotics
         8/23/2006 Robotics team rolls out Ballbot at Carnegie Mellon
         8/9/2006 'Nana tech' aimed at the elderly - includes use of robotics, informations teachnology and more!
         7/18/2006 MIT engineers and scientists are working on a strategy that could unleash a swarm of baseball sized robots onto the surface of Mars.
         6/27/2006 Robocup 2006: CMU robots are world soccer champs
         6/16/2006 Developed on Our North Side, Fast-food assistant 'Hyperactive Bob' is an example of robots' growing role
         5/8/2006 Robots manipulating animal behavior
         4/28/2006 Watch this robot go! This robot shatters speed walking record.
         4/25/2006 We're learning from robots about ourselves
         4/20/2006 Robot Hall of Fame Inductions
         4/19/2006 Undersea robotic surgeries controlled by doctor 1300 miles away (see image #12)
         4/12/2006 Industry breakthrough for CMU Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues
         3/27/2006 PBS Documentary chronicles CMU's contestants in race of the robots
         3/17/2006 US Military - Cyborg Bug Armies?
         2/16/2006 Quirky Android (picture #2)
         11/2005 Robot ride breaks through coaster limitations (see page 22)
         6/9/2005 Battlefield Robots Saving Lives in Iraq
         6/7/2005 A Better Robot, With Help From Roaches
         6/7/2005 The “first ever” robotic pitch takes place in a Pirates/Orioles Game!
         3/15/2005 CMU Robot finds life 'all by itself'
         10/3/2004 Robots Prowl the Back Halls of Hospitals


 
Advanced Materials Processes Adv Matl Processes symbol

         11/1/06 If polymers are the building blocks of creative science, then a Carnegie Mellon University professor and his research team are genies who can make consumer wishes come true.
         10/30/06 Seagate to encrypt data on hard drives - the entire industry will benefit!
         7/19/2006 Power Up: CMU team develops technology to make the energized bunny run farther
         6/28/2006 'Science of Superman' breaks down his strengths
         6/26/2006 Smart Pill to Report from Inside the Body
         5/9/2006 Windshields that display information for the driver and...
         3/22/2006 Plastics get faster, thinner - and it's a radically different manufacturing process!
         3/17/2006 The VeinViewer
         3/7/2006 Military Plans Cyborg Sharks
         3/1/2006 Computer Technology Opens a World - software lets a blind person use keyboard not mouse to navigate a program, voice synthesizers turn text into speech and mouse alternatives for people with limited use of their arms.
         2/27/2006 Geneva auto showing off new ways to use technology - like holographic brake lights, voice-controlled music systems and Web-based diagnostic services, to improve the driving experience.
         2/27/2006 Neuromodulators, the New Neurological Technology
         2/23/2006 Super-Repellent Plastic With GE's new plastic, self-washing buildings, cheap diagnostic chips, and free-flowing honey jars are possible.
         2/20/2006 Moore's Law - Advanced Materials uses Nanotech - Super chips on the Horizon!
         2/15/2006 U.S. Ski Suits Straight Out of Science Fiction
         1/9/2006 High-Tech Rollers: For serious players with the latest equipment, it's a whole new game!
         11/2005 Sprayable "concrete" builds shelters fast
         8/01/2005 Silicon lasers could lead to affordable light-based systems that harness photons instead of electrons to shuttle huge amounts of data swiftly--at multigigabit-per-second rates.
         7/7/2005 Deep sea sponges - source for new ideas for materials science & engineering
         6/22/2005 Alcoa Forecasts Climate-Neutral Aluminum Industry by 2017
         6/18/2005 Has new technology found an earth-like planet?
         5/2005 The (Mostly Improbable) Materials Science and Engineering of the Star Wars Universe
         5/27/2004 Pittsburgh Firm, Agentase, Wins Army Award


 
Environmental Technology Environmental tech symbol

         12/18/2006 Carnegie Mellon students propose plan to green up city's vacant lots
         12/13/2006 The Future of energy - a debate...and you can enter your opinion!
         2006 An Inconvenient Truth
         12/8/2006 City to use Heinz Field grease to fuel its vehicles or French fry fat = biodiesel
         12/6/2006 Environmental experts recently ranked former Allegheny County resident Rachel Carson and the author of "Silent Spring" as the world's most influential environmentalist. Centennial events listed.
         12/06 Want Fish? Ethics First, Please OR Why we should worry about the upcoming fish apocalypse.
         12/12/2006 Small Nuclear War Would Cause Global Environmental Catastrophe
         11/08/2006 Nobel prize winner launches campaign to plant 1 billion trees in 2007
         11/03/2006 Americans Rank Climate Change as the Top Environmental Problem
         10/16/2006 US super-diesel ushers in new clean-air era
         7/11/2006 ALL new property developments in Scotland will need to produce some of their own electricity
         7/11/2006 Sheetz store in Pleasant Hills first to offer ethanol-based fuel
         7/2006 Using sugars, sludge, and the sea floor, can bacteria power the next green-energy alternative?
         6/27/2006 Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy
         6/26/2006 Pittsburgh gets poor air quality ranking. Area continues to have bad traffic congestion.
         6/26/2006 Proposed building incentives for eco-friendliness
         6/25/2006 Fill 'er up with plant waste Rising oil prices spur hopes for extracting ethanol from biomass
         5/26/2006 Water eventually could be an economic influence, possible cause of war
         3/24/2006 "Troubled Waters 2006" - Industrial and municipal facilities in Pennsylvania are dumping more pollution into waterways than is permitted by law.
         2/21/2006 Pittsburgh High School Student, SciTech Science Fair Participant, Finds a Way to Thwart Anthrax
         2/15/2006 New technology converts problematic polystyrene waste into useful material.
         1/29/2006 New potential engergy source?
         12/15/2005 How clean are Pittsburgh's Rivers?
         11/25/2005 Ancient gas bubbles back theory of human-related global warming.
         11/19/2005 Pandas are part of a captive insurance policy for animals who are in danger of extinction.
         11/03/2005 One of 13 buildings in Pennsylvania and 96 nationwide to receive the gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating.
         10/15/2005 CMU solar-powered house takes 10th place at competition
         10/10/2005 Louisianans plan to protect themselves by protecting the environment first.
         8/25/2005 On CMU campus, students build solar-powered house for national competition
         7/08/2005 2005 Eco-technology Prize
         6/28/2005 Rainforest Provides Cure
         6/17/2005 Pittsburgh ranks low! America's Cleanest Cities - five areas: air quality, drinking water quality, airborne toxic material, hazardous waste and the number of workers devoted to recycling activities.
         12/10/2004 Pittsburgh Graduate is Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai
         6/11/2003 City Grown Leaded Veggies?


 
Information Technology Infotech symbol

         12/18/2006 Virtual reality boosts rehab in Israel
         12/13/2006 Pittsburgh's Super Computer's model earthquake data and runs a simulation in real time
         11/13/2006 T-shirt turns air guitar into music
         10/31/06 Computing, 2016: What Won’t Be Possible?
         10/27/2006 PUPILS at a Scots primary school have become the first in the world to pay for their lunches by having their palms scanned rather than by handing over cash.
         7/18/2006 Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life
         5/24/2006 Honda Successfully Develop and ATR New Brain-Machine Interface Creating Technology for Manipulating Robots Using Human Brain Activity
         5/19/2006 Serious Games Movement, this genre is "about taking resources of the (video) games industry and applying them outside of entertainment"
         5/10/2006 Students tackle health of world's poor with technology
         4/25/2006 What brings personal jets to the masses? Lots of computing.
There's a lot of new science involved.
         3/14/2006 iPods now double as study aids
         2/16/2006 Alaska Volcano Observatory - Data Collection (picture #13)
         2/13/2006 Can computer match prized violins' sound?
         2/12/2006 Olympic Snowboarding - Fully wired At the Halfpipe
         2/10/2006 Stars hum themselves to death
         1/02/2006 Over the holidays 50 years ago, two scientists hatched artificial intelligence
         1/2006 Tsunami: Scientists and warning centers are now better prepared to forecast
         12/09/2005 Pitt School of Medicine gets contract to help create virtual immune system - computer modeling is a tool of growing importance in many areas of science.
         10/28/2005 A Virtual Holiday in the Virtual Sun
         10/28/2005 Let's talk! The computer can translate
         9/28/2005 The University of Pittsburgh is launching a research center dedicated to forwarding technology that uses radio waves to identify objects and people from a distance - RFID Technology.
         8/01/2005 CMU helps teach computers to see
         7/20/2005 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center debuts high-end computer
         5/12/2005 Video Games May Help Stroke Victims
         3/15/2005 CMU's Humphrey honored at White House
         3/14/2005 Alzheimer's Seen in the Living Brain
         3/2005 Science & Technology website for teenage girls initiated




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