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GAME FOR SCIENCE | creo
GAME FOR SCIENCE speaks to young people in a language they understand, taking its inspiration from popular MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games). Players are free to explore this world according to their own interests—health, aeronautics, genomics, international development, environment, engineering, etc.—and they can use an avatar to interact with their friends. In the thematic lands of GAME FOR SCIENCE, players encounter entertaining games, fascinating information, and engaging videos, all of them science-related. Info Target audience: 9–17 years old Partner: Canada Media Fund Technologies used: ActionScript 3.0, Flash, Smartfox Server, PHP/MySQL. Online and constantly changing: www.gameforscience.ca
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FiND@Home
2,906,889 tasks After the huge crash of the database, everything is fixed and ready to go. 2,906,889 more WUs! Edit: The transitioner need to catch up 23 Feb 2015, 16:42:17 UTC · Comment Project down this weekend I stopped the BOINC server. 8,310,176 WUs New batch! I increased the predicted running time for this batch. New WUs I just put 3 192 552 more WU! Have fun :) 13 Jan 2015, 11:23:52 UTC · Comment FightMalaria@Home data now available online Hi all volunteers, We have made a results website for easy access to the data we generated using the FM@H BOINC server. We're still doing the last repeat calculations for the remaining MMV19k and other datasets, the results of which we'll add to this website. I had hoped to get the publication out prior to releasing this 'raw' data, but this is taking longer than I'd hoped. Thanks again for your generous contributions to this project.
Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
DNA from the Beginning (CSH)
Generic vs Brand Name Medicines
Generic name. Each medicine has an approved name called the generic name. A group of medicines that have similar actions often have similar-sounding generic names. The brand name is usually written most clearly on any packaging. The colour, size, shape, etc, of brands of the same medicine may vary depending on which company makes it. Some tablets or pills contain a combination of medicines. Doctors are encouraged to prescribe by using the generic name. The generic name is the one doctors are trained to use. A few medicines, however, are always prescribed by the specific brand. In the UK there are strict quality controls before a product licence is granted for brand (trade) named or generic versions of medicines. Check with your pharmacist if in doubt about the use of a medicine.
125 Great Science Videos: From Astronomy to Physics & Psychology
Astronomy & Space Travel A Brief, Wondrous Tour of Earth (From Outer Space) - Video - Recorded from August to October, 2011 at the International Space Station, this HD footage offers a brilliant tour of our planet and stunning views of the aurora borealis.A Universe from Nothing - Video - In 53 minutes, theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss answers some big enchilada questions, including how the universe came from nothing.A Year of the Moon in 2.5 Minutes - Video - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting the moon for over a year. The footage gets compressed into 2 slick minutes.A Day on Earth (as Seen From Space) - Video - Astronaut Don Pettit trained his camera on planet Earth, took a photo once every 15 seconds, and then created a brilliant time-lapse film.Atlantis's Final Landing at Kennedy Space Center - Video - After more than 30 years, the space shuttle era comes to a close. Physics Biology & Chemistry Environment, Geology and & Ecology Psychology & Neuroscience
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Ebola: The race for drugs and vaccines
11 February 2015Last updated at 10:44 ET Many organisations are working together to find suitable medicines The race is on to find ways to prevent and cure the Ebola virus - a disease that has killed more than 8,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. There are no proven treatments for Ebola or vaccines to prevent individuals becoming infected. However, progress is now being made on an unprecedented scale. Trials, which would normally take years and decades, are being fast-tracked on a timescale of weeks and months. Vaccines in development The aim is to use the lowest dose of vaccine possible that provides protection Vaccines train the immune systems of healthy people to fight off any future infection. Three potential immunisations are frontrunners, having been rushed from promising animal studies into human trials. And the third to enter human testing is made by Johnson and Johnson together with the company Bavarian Nordic. The real test comes next as trials start in Liberia.
The Linnean Society of London | Education Resources
Welcome to our education page! We hope you enjoy exploring our activities and resources. The Linnean Society of London is the home of Carl Linnaeus in the UK. To learn more about him, his science and our collections, visit the 'Who was Linnaeus?' Teachers, parents and students can click on the other categories to view our targeted education resources, linked to the National Curriculum.
Nanobots Could Remove Arterial Plaque
The concept of tiny robots swimming through the bloodstream has existed for decades. The idea was made famous by the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, in which a human team is shrunk to fit into a submarine measuring one micrometer to dissolve a patient’s blood clot. Nanotechnology expert Chris Phoenix even floated the idea of replacing blood with a network of robots known as the vasculoid. They system could hypothetically replicate the function of blood while staving off infections and cancer, and eliminating vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. Less far-fetched is a Ukrainian research project that proposes using nanobots to attack atherosclerotic plaque. A nanotechnology-based system could overcome these hurdles by making the procedure non-invasive. The technology leverages work from Eric Drexler, PhD, who came up for the word nanotechnology in the 1980s. The researchers estimate that the technology is at least a decade away from commercialization.
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Marijuana
On June 6, 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has the power to prohibit and prosecute the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes — even in the 20 states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington) and Washington, D.C., where it is currently legal. The decision overturned a 2003 ruling by a federal appeals court that shielded California's Compassionate Use Act, the medical-marijuana initiative adopted by the state's voters nine years ago, from federal drug enforcement. The appeals court had held that Congress lacked constitutional authority to regulate the noncommercial cultivation and use of marijuana that did not cross state lines.
