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"This is the first successful artificial bone marrow," said Nicholas Kotov, a professor of of Biomedical Engineering. "It has two of the essential functions of bone marrow. It can replicate blood stem cells and produce B cells. The latter are the key immune cells producing antibodies that are important to fighting many diseases."<br><br>Read the whole story by <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221558.htm" target="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221558.htm"><B>CLICKING HERE</B></A><br><br><br><br><br><br><object width="300" height="275"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OtbFPNXOL1I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OtbFPNXOL1I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="300" height="275"></embed></object><br /><br />Flashes of light only 40 billionths of a billionth of a second long were used to make this video clip showing<br>a pulse of light lasting just 2.5 billionths of a millionth of a second (OK...it's in slowmo).<br> Don't blink or you'll miss 80 billion of 'em. <b>Watch the light flash then view the latest science videos </b><br><br /></h2><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td width=700 height=452 style='vertical-align:top'> <div v:shape="_x0000_s1119" style='padding:2.85pt 2.85pt 2.85pt 2.85pt' class=shape> <p class=MsoBodyText3><span lang=en-US style='language:en-US'><img src="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/fomalhaut/289899main_fomalhaut_actual_HI_med.jpg" height="170" width="226" align="left"> <b><i>MORE HOT NEWS</b><br><br></i><b>Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star</b> <br><br>NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. 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Future observations will attempt to see the planet in infrared light and will look for evidence of water vapor clouds in the atmosphere. </b> <br><br><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13nov_fomalhaut.htm?list1094510" target="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13nov_fomalhaut.htm?list1094510"><b>CLICK HERE</b></a> for more details<br><br>___________________________________________________________________________________<br><br><B>The Science Minute</B> is a radio program designed to impart a little science news to the populace in a fun, entertaining way, with the hope of sparking some interest and further individual investigation. </span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3><span lang=en-US style='language:en-US'>For the most part, the average American today has little knowledge of science and its impact on their lives. <br> <br> Recent surveys of people from all walks of life have revealed that:</span></p> <p class=MsoBodyText3><span lang=en-US style='language:en-US'><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">14% believes the space shuttle can go to the moon or Mars.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">21% thinks that there is nothing left to invent.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">28% would like to scrap the space program altogether.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">32% sees no value at all in theoretical physics and believes all such research should be abandoned. <br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">36% have no idea how a TV works.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">39% do not know what “holds” a plane in the air.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">44% believe global warming is caused by holes in the ozone layer.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">51% have no idea what the ozone layer is for.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">65% have no understanding of the scientific process.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">66% believe the sun will go on shining forever.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">68% cannot adequately explain the difference between a solar system, a galaxy and a universe.<br><font color="ffffff">............<font color="000000">75% cannot explain how radiation could harm them.<br><br><br><img src="images/TestScores.jpg"><br><br><br>*Links to more information: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/c7/c7s2.htm" target="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind04/c7/c7s2.htm"><u>National Science Board</u></a> <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c7/c7h.htm" target="http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c7/c7h.htm"><u>National Science Foundation</u></a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=120061&page=1" target="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=120061&page=1"><u>ABC News</u></a><br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502901_pf.html" target="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502901_pf.html"><u><i>The Dumbing of America</a></i></u> by Susan Jacoby, The Washington Post<br><br> The Science Minute, heard on radio stations across the country, is a short form fun way for people to learn about what’s happening in science today.<br><br>Listen to sample programs located on the "The Program" page.</p><br><br><br><br></td></tr></table><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td width=700 height=135 style='vertical-align:top'><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </td> <td width="25"> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="24" background="images/basebg1.jpg"><img src="images/basebg1.jpg" width="1" height="24"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="44" valign="top" background="images/basebg2.jpg"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="26" class="baseline">  © Copyright 2007, The ScienceMinute.com. 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