http://www.infozine.com/news/topics/op/topicsView/tid/43/ The latest infoZine Science articles. en-us Copyright 2012 infoZine, All Rights Reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:11:44 -0600 Science 360http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50694/Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:23 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50694/ The U.S Food and Drug Administration is warning dental and veterinary professionals to not purchase or use certain potentially unsafe hand-held dental X-ray units. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50684/Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:47:01 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50684/ Geologists have a new tool to study how earthquakes change the landscape--down to a few inches. It's giving scientists insights into how earthquake faults behave. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50682/Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:13:50 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50682/ Projects will use innovative approaches to advance basic research on key problems involving small farmer agriculture in the developing world. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50674/Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:13 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50674/ Average groundwater levels throughout western and central Kansas dropped more in the past year than they had annually since 1996, according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50664/Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:03 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50664/ Scientists will answer your questions about how biology influences relationships in humans and other species http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50663/Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:14:07 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50663/ By Robin Siteneski - In an unusual day at the office for a president, Barack Obama played with robots and talked to children instead of Cabinet secretaries or foreign ministers. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50634/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:51 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50634/ Biologists have found new evidence of why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs--even though some of those genes make vertebrate animals susceptible to infections and to autoimmune diseases. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50637/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:27 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50637/ The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has identified Cloud Computing as a vital area of national importance that requires further research and development http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50625/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:59 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50625/ By Brad Fischer - A University of Missouri researcher has identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile. The extinct creature, nicknamed “Shieldcroc” due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today’s crocodiles. http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50623/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:02:59 -0600http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/50623/ By Donna Miles - Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow -- a sure sign, according to popular lore, that winter will hang on for another six weeks. But it's late summer in Antarctica, where Operation Deep Freeze, the Defense Department's support mission there, is beginning to wind down another successful season.