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15 Jul 2008

MediQuest Vying to Get First Drug Across FDA Goal Line, Put Raynaud’s in Your Vocabulary

Punch “Raynaud’s disease” into a simple Google search, and the first site you get is one from the Mayo Clinic that says it’s a condition of limited blood circulation that causes numbness in the fingers and toes in cold temperatures. “For most people,... (posted on 15 Jul 2008 by Xconomy)

14 Jul 2008

MIT "Windows" -Scientists Create a Solar Concentrator to Help Power Buildings They are Part Of

MIT technologists have invented a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow windows to provide not only a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of.... (posted on 14 Jul 2008 by Daily Galaxy)

12 Jul 2008

Why We Laugh together and Can't Get Enough of TV

Why is laughing out loud, cheering and booing such a group activity? And why do we spend hours watching almost the same stories on TV again and again? Maybe it is our social brain that makes us do it.. (posted on 12 Jul 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)

11 Jul 2008

Are LED Light Bulbs the Light of Tomorrow?

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you look closely at the video, you’ll see that my office is lit by a very cool multi-colored LED light bulb. (...) (posted on 11 Jul 2008 by Chris Pirillo)

10 Jul 2008

The Biggest Picture

Scientists need higher high def displays than anyone else, not because they want to get the best view of the whale-throwing scene in Hancock or because they want to home in on amateur close-ups, but because the size of complex scientific data sets grows... (posted on 10 Jul 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)

2 Jul 2008

Laughing With Evolution

The Pattern Recognition Theory of Humour is an evolutionary and cognitive explanation of how and why any individual finds something funny. (posted on 2 Jul 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)

30 Jun 2008

3D fractal art

I've been working for a while now on a high performance fractal rendering program for Macintosh computers. It's main features are its speed, its unique take on coloring, and its ability to create striking looking 3D images. Here are some samples of 3D... (posted on 30 Jun 2008 by SciScoop Science Forum)

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