Science Update

Personalized Smell

October 20, 2003

Different combinations of genes make people sensitive to different smells.

October 15, 2003

An artificial retina based on the eye of the octopus

October 13, 2003

Spawning salmon bring pollutants called PCBs into the freshwater lakes of Alaska.

October 9, 2003

Associations between images and food formed in the brain change depending on hunger.

October 8, 2003

A fuel cell that uses bacteria to convert sugars into electricity

October 6, 2003

Developing a flu vaccine that will protect long-term

October 2, 2003

The USDA collects and grows weed seeds and makes them available for research.

October 1, 2003

The optical fibers of the sea sponge can help improve fiber optic cables.

September 29, 2003

The first scientific dating of a Biblical structure: the Siloam Tunnel in Israel

September 25, 2003

A model for flu virus evolution shows that people get short-term immunity against infection.