Multifunctional Nanoparticle Enables New Type of Biological Imaging

I went to ScienceDaily's website to read this article Multifunctional Nanoparticle Enables New Type of Biological Imaging.

According to this article, University of Washington researchers have developed a nanoparticle that allows a more precise form of medical imaging by combining magnetic properties and photoacoustic imaging to eliminate background noise.

University of Washington (2010, July 28). Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 28, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100727112831.htm

Comic-Con 21010

The San Diego Comic-Con was this past weekend: http://www.comic-con.org/.

Monthly Meeting

Our regular monthly meeting is this coming Sunday at Books-A-Million in Colonial Heights around 2:00 PM. Everyone with an interest in sci-fi is welcome!

Linus Pauling Bio

Here's a nice, short bio of Linua Pauling I like: http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/linuspauling.html.

Cometary Planet?

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a planet that is so close to its star that its atmosphere has become super-heated and its out-gassing is creating a comet-like tail it is being described as a cometary planet: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jul/HQ_10-167_Hubble_Finds_Planet.html.

Comets in Our Solar Sytem Not Originally from our Solar System?

Here's an interesting article about a new theory that many, if not most, of the comets in in our solar system originally came from other star systems: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/science.1187535.

Creating Pluripotent Stem Cells from Somatic Cells

Here's an interesting interview with Michael West about induced pluripotent cells. These cells are created from somatic (body) cells and can be equivalent to embryonic stem stem cells if the length of the telomeres is completely reset -- this is explained in the article. Dr West is a Bioengineering Professor at UC Berkely: http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2010/jun2010_Immortal-Stem-Cells-for-Anti-Aging-Therapies_01.htm.