http://www.kuark.org/kscience "Our Little Earth" Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:05:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How Plasma From Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space (May 31, 2008) -- NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interact with Earth's magnetosphere. ... > full story Human Stem Cell Line Made Containing Sickle Cell Anemia Mutation (May 31, 2008) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/top-science-headlines-01-jun-2008 Dear Colleagues, Balkan Physical Union 2nd International Physics Projects Competition for university Students (SPCBPU-2) will be jointly organized by Balkan Physical Union and Turkish Physical Society and will be held between 18 - 20 August 2008 in Bodrum, Turkey. The adjoint presidents of the Assessment Committee are Professor Omer Asim Sacli, and Professor Omur Akyuz, Yeditepe ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/balkan-physical-union-2nd-international-physics-projects-competition-for-university-students Dear Colleagues, As in previous a couple of years, we are hosting the International Student Conference of the Balkan Physical Union in Bodrum, Turkey. The deadline is approaching fast, so please register! Our web address is http://iscbpu6.turkfizikdernegi.org/ As announced before, ISCBPU - 6, The Sixth Student Conference of the Balkan Physical Union will be organized by ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/sixth-international-student-conference-in-bodrum-turkey Strange Ring Found Circling Dead Star (May 29, 2008) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens. The stellar corpse, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars. These are the ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/top-science-headlines-29-may-2008 Chemists Create Cancer-detecting Nanoparticles (May 28, 2008) -- Chemists have created the smallest iron oxide nanoparticles to date for cancer detection by magnetic resonance imaging. The magnetic nanoparticles operate like tiny guided missiles, seeking and attaching themselves to malignant tumor cells. Once they bind, the particles emit stronger signals that ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/top-science-headlines-28-may-2008 Scorched Earth Millenium Map Shows 'Fire Scars' (May 27, 2008) -- A geographer has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the millennium. The map reveals that between 3.5 and 4.5 million square kilometers of vegetation burns on an ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/top-science-headlines-27-may-2008 Mars Lander Headed for "7 Minutes of Terror" Sunday After years of planning followed by a ten-month journey, the Mars Phoenix Lander is slated to touch down Sunday near the red planet's north pole. If successful, the probe will be the first lander to reach a Martian pole and the first ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/mars-lander-headed-for-7-minutes-of-terror-sunday Gene Mutations In Mice Mimic Human-like Sleep Disorder (May 23, 2008) -- Mutations in two genes that control electrical excitability in a portion of the brain involved in sleep create a human-like insomnia disorder in mice, researchers have found. ... > full story Doctors Can Unmask Deceptive High-risk Breast Tumors Using Genetic Profile ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/top-science-headlines-23-may-2008 The Italian government said Thursday it would begin building nuclear power stations, reversing a 20-year ban in an initiative likely to spark strong resistance and take a long time to come to fruition. "During the term of this parliament, we will lay the first stone for the construction in our country ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/italy-to-reverse-policy-and-build-nuclear-power-stations-minister The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is wholly accepted by scientists, and is an assumed concept in many astronomical theories. However, as ... http://www.kuark.org/kscience/index.php/archives/a-test-of-the-copernican-principle