August 19, 2008 (Tuesday)
- The Max Planck Research Group has identified a group of proteins that can reveal the biological age of a person. This could assist in fine tuning therapies for individuals. (PhysOrg)
- A new method of creating gasoline from biomass could see it be cost competitive with traditional sources. (PhysOrg)
- The first functional red blood cells have been successfully grown in a lab from stem cells. It may allow mass production of O-type blood for universal transfusion. (NewScientist)
- Contradicting previous research it was found language is not necessary to do mathematics. (BBC)
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Famous quotes containing the word august:
“Until, on Vinegar Hill, the fatal conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August the barley grew up out of the grave.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)