Student scientists create living bacterial photographs
Using Petri dishes full of genetically engineered E. coli instead of photo paper,...Students discover 11,000 year old remains of Irish Elk
A group of history students have discovered the antler of an Irish Elk in cliffs near Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. Although the exact age of the antler has yet to be determined, the position of the remains indicates that the elk (Megaloceros giganteus) lived around 11,000 years ago. The giant deer roamed the open tundra landscape that was widespread in northern Europe at the end of th...APS lecturer shows rare video of 'teacher-student' immune cell interactions in live animal
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. But these pictures could one day be worth much more -- the lives saved by the development of new vaccines. Harvard University researcher Ulrich H. von Andrian showed the immune system of a live mouse being challenged by a foreign microbe during a presentation at Experimental Biology 2006. The footage gave many of the physiologists i...Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy
Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring transplanted insulin-producing cells inside a major blood vessel. A team of five seniors and two freshmen, working with Johns Hopkins doctors and engineers, devised a protective "pouch" that should fit inside the portal vein, which feeds into the liver. This pouch would keep micr...College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
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UW-Madison researchers may be moving toward a treatment for ALS, a nerve-system disease, using stem cells. Also, students excel at the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Contest, and Madison offers a computer and television recycling program....Silver linings in the cloud: America's dearth of STEM students
It's even more impressive that their competitors were seasoned college students. Led by instructor Timothy Jump, students from the Mi...MATC student team wins cyber defense contest
A team of information technology students from has won first place in the first round of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, beating four teams from Minnesota, and later advanced to a Midwest regional compe...Wisconsin students test well on ACT, but relatively few are ready for college rigors
, a major college preparedness test. With an average score of 22.2 on a 36-point scale, Wisconsin ranked second nationally among states that depend on the ACT, falling only one-tenth of one percent...Website targets college students nationwide
But graduate student Matt Stamerjohn thought that students were being ripped off. He saw students regularly selling used books back to the...NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad
National Board of Examinations has decided to conduct tests for any Indian doctor having graduated abroad avid of starting a practice in the country, to ensure a higher standards amongst doctors, the government has made it compulsory from //the 15th of next month official sources said today. The new regulations, which were published in the Indian Gazzette yesterday, specify that...Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students
The number of school children getting affected by illnesses due to exposure to //pesticides have increased significantly, from the figures of 1998 to 2002, reports a research in the recent issue of JAMA. “Exposure to pesticides in the school environment is a health risk facing children and school employees,” background information in the article states. Pesticides continue to be used b...Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students
According to a report in the latest issue of JAMA, which deals with medical education as a theme, the third year medical students of US medical schools receive on an average one gift or attend one //event sponsored by a drug company per week and often feel that sponsored educational events are biased. Medical students are entering an environment with progressively fewer boundaries betw...Students Involved In Bullying And Victims Were Equally Stressed
Study shows that both victims of bully and children’s involved in bullying are equally stressed. Researchers from University of Washington reported in the Journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine that psychologically both the group of children’s was stressed//. The study was conducted in 3,350 students studying in three, four and five students and grouped them in to 4 gr...Bacterial Photographs Created By Student Scientists!
Bacteria have been long regarded as something, only capable of giving rise to infections and diseases. The misconception might soon change.// Thanks to the fervent efforts of students from The University of Texas at Austin and UCSF who have created the first-ever bacterial photographs. An intercollegiate Genetically Engineering Machine (iGEM) competition aimed at promoting the constru...Medical Student's PDA Reference
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