Saturday, August 28, 2010

Science news below the fold

The BRAF gene mutation is associated with some cancers, including melanoma.
Now, a drug that targets the gene is in stage 3 trials.
..like antibiotics that target just germs, this will target the gene expression in the cancer cells, not all the body.
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Thirty awesome college labs

(Headsup Instapundit)
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Your days seem longer than before? blame sunspots.
Now it seems that sunspotsMovie Camera - dark regions that emerge on the sun's surface - may be partly responsible for the millisecond fluctuations in the time it takes Earth to rotate once on its own axis.


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DynamicsOfCatsBlog links to a video showing the huge increase in detecting the number of asteroids since 1980


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DotPhysics calculates what would happen if everyone on the world jumped at the same time...the answer is: Not much:
the mass of the Earth is so huge that it is going to be pretty darn difficult to get a detectable speed. Also, there is the whole issue of getting everyone at the same place at the same time and getting them to jump at the same time.

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