Via Huffington Post. Click the link to read the full article, for photos, and an interview.

Article by Kat Austen via CultureLab

A WIND of change is blowing through Russian science. After leading the world in the space race, the country's scientific effort atrophied as research budgets evaporated in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse in the early 1990s. Rebuilding has been slow.

We have a number of exciting news, regarding

the registration and program for our satellite at NetSci2012, June 19
our dedicated Special Section in Leonardo Journal,
and our brand new eBook from MIT-Press:

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The City University of Hong Kong School of Creative Media will be hosting the Art|Sci network site.

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From LA Weekly

What do cutting-edge developments in heart stents, air bag logistics and space telescope lenses have in common with a folded paper frog? These advances in technological design all are based on the principles of origami -- an ancient sculptural art form with strong links to mathematics, engineering and science.

To read the full article, click here.

A new study by scientists at CHU de Médecine de Monastir, Université Paris Sud, and Université de Carthage have found that contrary to the long-believed theory that nanoparticles may be highly toxic, that bucky balls (buckminster fullerenes, or C60), may in fact increase or lifespan. When rats were fed a steady diet of buckyballs in olive oil, therats not only experienced no signs of chronic toxicity but doubled their lifespan. Read the full article on Science Direct.

FREEWAVES is offering two paid internships for undergraduates this summer
through generous support from The Getty Grant Program.

FREEWAVES Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships 2012 are for 2 positions, Web Intern and Marketing Intern, both for 10-weeks, full-time, $3,500 gross salary in Hollywood.

In accordance with The Getty Grant Program, candidates must be:

Members of underrepresented groups, particularly individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent.
Currently enrolled as undergraduates, who will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2012, and will not graduate before September 2012.

 via Which Way LA?

via Eureka Alert

Researchers at UCLA and New York University have developed a method to detect sequence differences in individual DNA molecules by taking nanoscopic pictures of the molecules themselves.

The work is reported in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.