Breakthrough of the Year

The finding that antiretroviral drugs reduce the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV has been chosen by Science as its Breakthrough of the Year.

Read the story here:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/334/6063/1628.full

BEST-India BEST-India (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams)

BEST-India BEST-India (Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Student Teams) is aimed at encouraging young postgraduate and doctoral students in developing biotechnology entrepreneurship and exposing them to issues involved in commercialization of bio-science. The scheme is sponsored by The Department of Biotechnology, (www.dbtindia.nic.in) Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and managed and administered by Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises, ABLE – India. (www.ableindia.org)

For more information: http://best2012.ableindia.in/

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Ten people who mattered this year

See the scientist who have explored beyond our imagination.
Dario Autiero: Relativity challenger
Sara Seager: Planet seeker
Lisa Jackson: Pollution cop
Essam Sharaf: Science revolutionary
Diederik Stapel: Fallen star
Rosie Redfield: Critical enquirer
Danica May Comacho: Child of the times
Mike Lamont: The Higgs mechanic
Tatsuhiko Kodama: Fukushima's gadfly
John Rogers: Tech exec
For more information: http://www.nature.com/news/365-days-nature-s-10-1.9678

Enigmatic fossils

The unusually complex appearance of a group of 570-million-year-old fossils from Doushantuo, China, has sparked debate among palaeontologists. Researchers haven't been able to decide whether the remains come from animals, bacteria or close relatives of animals that thrived at the dawn of animal evolution. But a team has now used three-dimensional scanning techniques to take a closer look at the fossils — and has decided that in fact, they are none of these.
For more information : http://www.nature.com/news/enigmatic-fossils-are-neither-animals-nor-bacteria-1.9714

Science news highlights of 2011

The year 2011 offered up glimpses of Earth-like planets, hints of the Higgs boson and suggestions of a discovery that could turn modern physics on its head.
Fore more information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15531040

Google Power

After years of playing such numbers extremely close to the vest, Google released figures spelling out exactly how much electricity the company’s massive computing resources consume. Its data centers continuously draw 260 million watts--roughly a quarter the output of a nuclear power plant, says NYT to keep services like Gmail, search, Google Ads, and YouTube up and running around the clock and around the globe.
Fore more information: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/technology/google-details-and-defends-its-use-of-electricity.html?_r=3 , http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/google-releases-its-energy-consumption-numbers-revealing-260-million-watt-continuous-suck

Network analysis predicts drug side effects

Using a new mathematical approach, scientists have predicted drug side effects that typically aren’t discovered until thousands of people have taken a medication.
For more information: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337088/title/Network_analysis_predicts_drug_side_effects

From neutrinos to stem cells: a round-up of the year in research and science policy.

For science — as for politics and economics — 2011 was a year of upheaval, the effects of which will reverberate for decades. The United States lost three venerable symbols of its scientific might: the space-shuttle programme, the Tevatron particle collider and blockbuster profits from the world's best-selling drug all came to an end. But the year also saw stirrings of science's future: hopes that research might blossom following the Arab Spring; cheap vaccines rolling out in Africa; and the first fruits of genome sequencing being used in the clinic. All this was overshadowed by the triple trauma of Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, and a continual chipping away at science funding as nations struggled with the financial crisis.
Fore more information: http://www.nature.com/news/365-days-2011-in-review-1.9684

How the elephant got its sixth toe

Elephants walk on the world’s biggest platform shoes. Now, John Hutchinson at the Royal Veterinary College in London and his team have found that their footwear also contains hidden stiletto heels.
Fore more information : http://www.nature.com/news/how-the-elephant-got-its-sixth-toe-1.9712

The One-Cent Solution

How a chemist and a doctor found a much cheaper way to diagnose disease
Twenty years ago, the Pentagon asked George M. Whitesides, a chemist at Harvard University, to invent a way to quickly detect anthrax and other biohazards in the field. His solution was a handheld device that used polymers to draw samples through a complex series of very small chemical baths. The design was straightforward. The only problem was that the Pentagon version was too expensive. For years, he and other researchers tried shrinking parts or using cheaper components. Then, four years ago, Whitesides had another idea. What if the whole thing was made out of paper?
For more information : http://www.popsci.com/bown/2011/innovator/one-cent-solution

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