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• Photovoltaic Retinal Implants Powered by Onboard Solar Cells

  
  The Green Optimistic — Authority: 133
  Scientists at Stanford University have developed photovoltaic retinal implants for people that suffer from degradation in their photoreceptor cells, causing partial vision.
  9 hours ago

• Stanford scientists identify protein that keeps stem cells poised for action

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  STANFORD, Calif. -- Like a child awaiting the arrival of Christmas, embryonic stem cells exist in a state of permanent anticipation. They must balance the ability to quickly become more specialized...
  1 day ago

• Eco Tech: Stanford researchers develop solar-powered retinal implants

  
  Ecofriend — Authority: 627
  Eco Factor: Eye implants powered by onboard solar cells. Researchers at Stanford University have developed photovoltaic chip implants for people suffering from degradation in their photoreceptor cells. The implants feature miniature solar cells that power the processing retinal chip. The device includes a ...
  2 days ago

• Your most important support staff

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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  3 days ago

• Protein that keeps stem cells poised for action identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein that appears to play a critical role in keeping stem cells poised to quickly become more specialized cell types.The protein called Jarid2 maintains a delicate balancing act - one that both recruits other ...
  3 days ago

• Fergusson College student will translate rural stories into English for global audience

  
  The Punekar — Authority: 147
  The stories of the lives of children from the dark corners of Maharashtra will not be lost in translation as they hit the global market, thanks to a Class XI girl from Fergusson College. Click the article headline for the full article.
  4 days ago

• New building to allow testing of larger rockets (MT)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Butte-Silver Bow County will erect a permanent building in its TIFID for the testing of rocket engines. Kristen Rosa, administrator of the Tax Increment Finance Industrial District, said that the steel-sided structure could be in operation by next spring. "It will help them be able to test bigger and bigger rocket ...
  5 days ago

• Eye color. Genomic toggle. “… studies of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs: tiny genomic variations that constitute the genetic underpinning for inter-individual human differences from eye color to nose shape to personality quirks.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  Atul Butte MD PhD, Director of the Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, has said: “Maybe we should stop considering all autoimmune diseases in one lumped category,” “It looks as if there may be at least two different kinds.” “More than 400 genome-wide association ...
  5 days ago

• UConn 80, Stanford 68: Cupcakes Polished Off, UConn Gets Serious

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Maya Moore scored 23 points Wednesday night and UConn erased a first-half deficit to beat Stanford for its 49th consecutive victory.
  5 days ago

• UConn 80, Stanford 68: Cupcakes Polished Off, UConn Gets Serious

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Maya Moore scored 23 points Wednesday night and UConn erased a first-half deficit to beat Stanford for its 49th consecutive victory.
  5 days ago

• Scientists map speed of climate change

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  From beetles to barnacles, pikas to pine warblers, many species are already on the move in response to shifting climate regimes. But how fast will they -- and their habitats -- have to move to keep pace with global climate change over the next century? In a new study, a team of scientists including Dr.
  5 days ago

• Climate change puts ecosystems on the run

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 617
  Global warming is causing climate belts to shift toward the poles and to higher elevations. To keep pace with these changes, the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile each year, says a new study led by scientists at the Carnegie Institution.
  5 days ago

• Are Colleges Really More Selective?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  A Stanford economist challenges the notion that colleges have become more selective.
  5 days ago

• Let’s Get Wind Power Off the Ground

  
  GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products — Authority: 126
  Dec 21, 2009 – Frank Nelson writes in Miller-McCune, “ Let’s Get Wind Power Off  the Ground. “  A new crop of entrepreneurs believes that wind power can and should take to the skies — literally.  Some scientists, academics and entrepreneurs are convinced that to meet the world’s energy needs and roll ...
  6 days ago

• Commercial airline flights responsible for 4-8 percent of surface global warming

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, December 22 (ANI): The first analysis of emissions from commercial airline flights shows that they are responsible for 4-8 percent of surface global warming since surface air temperature records began in 1850, which is equivalent to a temperature increase of 0.03 - 0.06 degree Celsius overall.According to a ...
  6 days ago

• Acid Oceans

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 99
  At the Copenhagen conference on climate change , there was new (and long overdue) attention to the impacts of global carbon pollution on the health of the ocean. Much of the science is coming out of Monterey Bay. The Associated...
  1 week ago

• How the poll on global warming was conducted(AP)

  
  Cell Fun — Authority: 152
  AP – The Associated Press-Stanford University Environment Poll on global warming was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 17-29, 2009. It is based on landline telephone and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,005 adults. Interviews were conducted with 705 ...
  1 week ago

• Stanford: Ethanol is not the answer

  
  Cheshire Cat Photo Blog (... said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....') — Authority: 128
  Diana Ginnegaugh, a doctoral candidate at Stanford, says that there is a fundamental problem with burning ethanol as compared with gasoline – the increase in ozone formation and urban air pollution. Acid aldehyde emissions (precursors of ozone formation) increased almost 2300% when using ethanol instead of ...
  1 week ago

• Las Vegas casinos exposed Tiger Woods to ‘culture of adultery’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, Dec 20 (IANS) Golfer Tiger Woods was a regular gambler at a Las Vegas casino with a $1 million betting limit that exposed him to women and a “culture of adultery” in the company of other multi-millionaire athletes, a newspaper reported.Woods, who is facing a string of adultery allegations, became a regular ...
  1 week ago

• How the poll on global warming was conducted(AP)

  
  Cell Fun — Authority: 152
  AP – The Associated Press-Stanford University Environment Poll on global warming was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 17-29, 2009. It is based on landline telephone and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,005 adults. Interviews were conducted with 705 ...
  1 week ago

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