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HIV vaccine research impasse

Please click on the link below to read about the impasse in HIV vaccine research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7246117.stm

Censoring Science

For those who thought censorship of science went out with Galilleo, Professor Reville's column in this weeks Irish Times provides some food for thought!

http://0-www.ireland.com.ditlib.dit.ie/newspaper/sciencetoday/2008/0214/1202509830767.html

New hope for osteoarthritis sufferers

New research being conducted on stem cells in Remedi, Galway's Regenerative Medicine Institute may offer hope to osteoarthritis sufferers. Full details are avaialble at
http://0-www.ireland.com.ditlib.dit.ie/newspaper/sciencetoday/2008/0214/1202509830751.html

Can Scientists dance?

"No one quite knew what to expect as the lights came up on a pair of astrophysicists dressed as binary galaxies. To the tune of an old tango, Ruth Gruetzbauch stalked and twirled before surrendering to his supermassive gravity. The rowdy audience of scientists exploded with applause. The world's first Dance Your Ph.D. Contest, with Christoph Campregher at the controls of the sound system, was off to a good start".

Science 15 February 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5865, p. 905

Read the full-text at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5865/905b

New look for Nanowires

Writing in the latest issue of the journal Nature scientists in the US outline their developement of novel brush-like fibres that generate electrical energy from movement. Weaving them into a material could allow designers to create "smart" clothes which harness body movement to power portable electronic gadgets.

Ottilia Saxl, chief executive of the Institute of Nanotechnology, believes the technology could also find a use in healthcare. "It could perhaps be used to power tiny medical devices like a true cochlear implant or heart pacemaker, or a delivery mechanism for subcutaneous drug delivery implants or antibiotic drug reservoirs for preventing infection in retinal implants," she said.

For more details see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7241040.stm