Posted on February 28th, 2009 by VRacaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Chris Upton
Vincent and Chris converse about hepatitis B in India, AIDS gene therapy with a ribozyme, antibodies that neutralize many influenza virus strains, killing tumors with vaccinia virus, myxoma virus of rabbits, and the Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center.
Hepatitis B outbreak in India
AIDS gene therapy clinical trial
Antibodies that neutralize many influenza virus [...]
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Posted on February 27th, 2009 by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.
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Jack El-Hai is author of the 2005 book, THE LOBOTOMIST, the story of Dr. Walter Freeman, a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness. Jack El-Hai is the President of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, a winner of the June Roth [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2009 by bmhost
Have you heard of hypervelocity stars? These are amazingly fast stars. How fast? I talk to Dr Ross Church, from Monash University, who tells us all about them. Topics of discussion include:
What are hyper velocity stars?
How do they form?
The relationship between binary stars and hypervelocity stars
The interactions between supermassive black holes and binary stars
Are hypervelocity [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2009 by naturepodcasts
This week the Nature Podcast plunges into the ocean to find see-sawing temperatures and a fish fossil that sheds light on the origins of sex. We also explore the ethics of brain-machine interfaces and trace the ‘footsteps’ of migrating planets.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by VRacaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Max Gottesman
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Max Gottesman discuss an unusual wasp-virus symbiosis, influenza transmission and absolute humidity, how mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection, and viruses of bacteria.
Unusual wasp-virus symbiosis
Absolute humidity modulates influenza virus transmission, survival, and seasonality
How mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection
Little Lambda, Who Made Thee?
Structure of HK97 [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by Michael
Can games really be educational? They are certainly addictive and engaging. Can we harness this aspect of games and use it to learn? In this video I show you why I believe the answer is yes. Let’s talk about what really good teaching is and what really good games are like. Then I take you [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by MonteLadnerMD
Listen to Fitness Rocks Podcast 133
This week on Fitness Rocks I will discuss a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine looking at the relationship between the amount of exercise a person does and their quality of life. The results will make you feel good.
Also, this week at Fitness Rocks I introduce the new [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.
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Wayne Eastlack, Ph.D. is a Clinical Director of Providence Place Outpatient Counseling and Treatment Service in High Point, North Carolina. Dr. Eastlack also serves as a professor of Abnormal Psychology at Liberty University Graduate School. For nearly 30 years, he has directed a family practice specializing in the treatment of [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 by weiszdoc
While the media and water cooler conversations are abuzz about unproven myths and pseudoscience about autism, people are often ignorant of the facts and real findings of science about what helps people with autism.
According to the research intensive intervention (educational and behavioral) can lead to significantly increased IQ. Children were significantly more advanced with language [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2009 by naturepodcasts
This week, we visit an MRI scanner to see how more space inside could help brain imaging studies, ask if we’ll ever find another planet like our Earth, and find that African forests are storing more carbon than before. Plus the Nature Podcast Recession Chart: our top tips for surviving the recession in science.
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