TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Iran says test rocket transmits data from orbit TEHRAN (Reuters) - A rocket Iran launched into orbit this month to prepare for putting a domestically made research satellite into space has successfully sent scientific data back to Earth, state media reported on Sunday. feeds.reuters.com |
Reporter’s Notebook: Cool View of Science at Meeting on Warming Participants at the gathering organized by the Heartland Institute repeatedly attacked the idea that there was a consensus on the danger of human influence on climate. nytimes.com |
UC Davis Launches Olive Research Center SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the University of California, Davis established a research department that led to the flourish of the California wine industry. Now, it hopes to do the same for olive oil.... hosted.ap.org |
Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods Researchers are looking for new ways to use renewable sources like corn and switchgrass instead of petroleum as the raw ingredient in plastic. nytimes.com |
Gene therapy experiments improve vision in nearly blind NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.... hosted.ap.org |