] A joint Australian- New Zealand research voyage carrying
] leading Australian, New Zealand and other international
] scientists to explore deep sea habitats and biodiversity
] in the Tasman Sea is expected to uncover new marine
] species and habitats. The NORFANZ research voyage will
] explore deep sea habitats around seamounts and abyssal
] plains around Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands through to
] northern New Zealand .

Be sure to check out the "Creature Feature" part of this. There are five pages of interesting pictures and descriptions of what they found.

[THis is pretty neat...especially the pics:) - Nano]

NORFANZ Overview

] The Y chromosome is probably the weirdest chromosome in
] the human genome

Wired News: Male Chromosome Seriously Weird

] A new handheld scanner may mean patients being screened
] for cancer will no longer have to cram into the narrow
] tunnel of an MRI or CT scanner for a grueling 40-minute
] exam -- the patient won't even need to undress.

Wired News: Taking a Quick Swipe at Cancer

] A new show in town should appeal to art lovers,
] pranksters and culture jammers alike.
]
] Illegal Art, which opened last week at the San Francisco
] Museum of Modern Art's Artists Gallery, showcases a
] variety of works that push the restrictions of current
] trademark and copyright laws.

Wired News: Artists Just Wanna Be Free

] One of the challenges of proteomics is sample size.
] Researchers need to fractionate complex protein mixtures
] into their component parts for subsequent analysis, but
] the miniscule quantities and volumes involved preclude
] standard large-scale chromatography. Three years ago
] Agilent Technologies, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.,
] introduced its 1100 series capillary LC system, featuring
] tiny tubes that could pump nanoliter volumes through
] columns with high accuracy. Now the company is following
] that up with a microfraction collection system for single
] or multidimensional separation of protein and peptide
] mixtures.

The Scientist :: Nano-LC for Proteomics, Jul. 14, 2003

] The networks were etched on to 15 centimetre-wide silicon
] wafers and the paths were then used as a mould to set a
] layer of biodegradable polymer. Two of these were then
] sealed together with a microporous membrane sandwiched
] between them, producing a mini artificial vascular
] system.
]
] Endothelial cells - which are flat cells lining the walls
] of blood vessels in a single layer - were injected into
] the network on one side of the membrane and either liver
] or kidney cells were injected on the other side. The
] endothelial cells coated the inside of the polymer
] nanotubes. These nanotubes biodegraded to leave a living
] shell of vessels similar to a natural vascular network.
] This method would provide an efficient means of supplying
] the liver or kidney cells with enough oxygen and
] nutrients to survive.

New Scientist - Nanotechnology may create new organs

] Chilean scientists said on Friday their study of a huge
] blob of flesh found on a Pacific beach about three weeks
] ago concluded it was the carcass of a sperm whale, ending
] speculation of a giant octopus.

CNN.com - Giant Chilean beach 'blob' identified - Jul. 11, 2003

] British scientists are lobbying to build the world's most
] powerful microscope, an instrument so advanced that it
] can see individual atoms moving.
]
] The European Spallation Source (ESS) -- a type of
] instrument known as a matterscope -- would allow them to
] look at the growth of protein molecules in living human
] tissue or at the stresses deep within the wheel of a
] train or the wing of an aircraft.
]
] "This is on par with the Hubble telescope, but it's for
] looking at inner space," said Professor Bob Cywinski of
] Leeds University, which is backing the one billion pound
] (US $1.6 billion) project.
]
] A disused World War Two airfield in North Yorkshire has
] been earmarked for the matterscope's kilometer-long
] concrete tunnel and neutron research laboratories.
]
] "To look at it, you'd just see a mound of grass growing
] over the top and sheep wandering around," said Cywinski.

I can't believe nobody personally memed this to me. This rules

Kilometer-long microscope in the works

] 5 July 2003 | GENEVA -- Today, the World Health
] Organization is removing Taiwan, China, from the list of
] areas with recent local transmission of severe acute
] respiratory syndrome (SARS). Taiwan is the last area to
] be removed from the list. It has been 20 days, or two
] consecutive 10-day incubation periods, since the last
] case on June 15. Based on country surveillance reports,
] the human chains of SARS virus transmission appear to
] have been broken everywhere in the world.

SARS outbreak contained worldwide

] SHKP is spending close to HK$20 million in its shopping
] centres to fight SARS, on mall promotions and the
] recruitment of anti-SARS Ambassadors.

wow....you have to go check out the pictures of the anti-sars ambassadors on this website. They even have a torch with a big S on it.....S is for SARS! I so want to go to Lennox mall and walk around as an anti-sars ambassador!

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