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Superstars of Science
Superstars of Science. It’s a helpful web site full of information about great scientists. It could be useful for litigation, and...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 11, 20131 min read
GE Healthcare Cell Imaging Competition
Amazing images of cells, and you can vote for a favorite. #Science

Kirk Hartley
Dec 3, 20131 min read
The Science of Marriage – More Scrutiny of Human Behavior
A new study suggests objective ways to measure the likelihood of a successful marriage. One of the points is that people may vocalize one...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 29, 20131 min read
“CAT scans for the earth” – New Applications for Science
"CAT scans for the earth." That’s the analogy used by researchers who devised new methods for figuring out where oil well waste waters...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 29, 20131 min read
Umbilical Cords, Stem Cells and Biobanks
A new research article indicates that stem cells from umbilical cords can be used to more rapidly generate skin cells for burn victims....

Kirk Hartley
Nov 25, 20131 min read
A Molecular Version of the Knee Bone is Connected to the Thigh Bone –
Assume some "toxic" event causes the deletion of a gene. Does anything else happen? New research suggests that deletion of gene #1 is...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 19, 20131 min read
MRSA Infections Perhaps Conquered – Molecular Knowledge Is Powerful
As the saying goes, knowledge is power. Researchers put knowledge – and creativity – to work to find a new way to stop MRSA infections...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 14, 20131 min read
Long-term Studies Will Influence Future Toxic Tort Litigaton
Over the next few decades, toxic tort litigation will be influenced by knowledge arising from long-term ongoing studies that have been in...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 12, 20132 min read
The actual arrival of autonomous vehicles: pod-like, self-driving buses.”
A town north of London actually is the process of deploying 100 driverless "pods" for public transit. Marginal Revolution has the...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 6, 20131 min read


Examples of New Thinking in Biology
(Image of central dogma of biology and provided by User:Dhorspool [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 3, 20133 min read
Now Arriving: A Lung Cancer Biomarker Blood Test that Can Effectively Distinguish Between Malignant
Now arriving: the next step in early diagnosis of lung cancer. The prior step? Major use of low dose CT scans to find at an early stage...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 21, 20132 min read
The Power of Collaboration and Old Records and Tissue – An Easy to Grasp Example of Finding a
Old medical records and tissue are becoming increasingly valuable as tools for finding causes of diseases that are related to mutations....

Kirk Hartley
Oct 1, 20131 min read
Dose – The LIne May Be Thin Between OK and Not OK
Except for one moment of outrage, PopTort provides a simple, memorable, teaching blog post quiz about why the line may be thin between an...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 24, 20131 min read
The Timing of a Dose Matters – NPR Briefly Covers Epigenetics
Epigenetics is not yet an everyday word. But it’s being discussed more and more often outside of science circles, as illustrated by this...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 24, 20131 min read
Benzene Trial Goes Genomic – Now a Genomic Focused Seminar Is on The Horizon
Sometimes it’s good to think about new things, so this week included attending a benzene litigation conference. One lesson learned from...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 20, 20131 min read
Science May Yet Win Out Over Politics – Global Warming Is Real, says 4 GOP Leaders of EPA
Science recently picked up some formidable allies as four former GOP leaders of EPA spoke out on climate change. I missed this August 1,...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 20, 20133 min read
Free Online Course on Genetics from Udacity and 23andMe
Go here to sign up for a soon to debut free, online course on genetics. The course is aimed at non-experts, and is offered by 23andMe,...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 17, 20131 min read


Delivering More Proof of Nanoscale Events Involving Cells
(Super-sensitive nanocrystals enable the micro-structured optical fibre to remotely detect and track the movement of a single...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 15, 20133 min read


Drug Delivery Structures Built from DNA – Part of the Process for Curing Diseases
(Images courtesy of McGill University, and provided with press releases.) Nanoscale work is incredible and some of its uses will save...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 8, 20132 min read
Stunning New Science – “Mini-brain” Created by Scientists and Stem Cells
Stunning. Using both types of stem cells (embryonic and induced) and a "scaffold and gels, scientists working in Vienna have created a...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 29, 20132 min read
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