Science

July 10, 2008 2:22 PM

Mapping the future

A high-tech mapping project in the Red River Valley will help manage floods and save money.

by Dan Gunderson

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July 10, 2008 8:06 AM

Mayo researchers find gene causing heart arhythmia

Mayo Clinic researchers have found one of the genes that cause a form of heart arhythmia. Doctors studied a family with an inherited form of atrial fibrillation by scanning the entire human genome.

by Sea Stachura

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July 10, 2008 12:00 AM

The unsettled questions on stem cells

Midmorning addresses the ethical, policy, and legal issues surrounding stem cell science with a medical expert and a legal expert. Both have written books that take on questions about cloning, embryo use and ownership, and patents.

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July 7, 2008 12:00 AM

Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'

Prolific film maker Werner Herzog's new movie opens in the Twin Cities later this week. "Encounters at the End of the world" examines life at the South Pole.

by Euan Kerr

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June 30, 2008 6:51 AM

Archeological dig in St. Cloud's Lowertown

St. Cloud State University students are finding clues to the area's past in an archeological dig this summer.

by Tim Post

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June 27, 2008 10:05 AM

Evolutionary biologist speaks about sex

Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is passionate about the mating habits of living things, from lions to the tiniest insects. She spoke recently as part of the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History's "Evolution 2008" series.

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June 27, 2008 3:00 AM

U of M researcher says algae is an answer to nation's energy needs

Researchers in Minnesota hope to create biodiesel from algae utilizing wastewater from the metro area sewage treatment plant.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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June 25, 2008 1:25 PM

Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, dies

Hurwicz, 90, shared the 2007 Nobel economics prize with two other Americans for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains from transactions. He was retired from the University of Minnesota.

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June 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Sex and the single-celled animal

Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is passionate about the mating habits of living things, from lions to the tiniest insects. She has written an entertaining compendium of those habits, with a serious purpose.