How to make your own solar cell
By Charlie Burton While working at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, engineer Blake Farrow showed you don’t need the far corners of the periodic table to put together a solar cell. Just grab some tea-time staples. 1. Treat yourself…
Kittitian honoured in Cayman Islands for his work in health research
Dr Samuel Rawlins of St Kitts/Nevis was on 20th April awarded the Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) Honours Award at the recently concluded annual meeting held this year at George Town, Grand Cayman. The annual event of the Council and…
Curiosity rover’s intriguing geological find
The Mars rover Curiosity is indulging in a flurry of multimedia activity ahead of its science mission proper. It sent the first image from its 100mm telephoto lens, already spotting an intriguing geological “unconformity”. Nasa also released a colour panorama…
Releasing millions of GM mosquitoes – into the unknown. No risk assessments published in Cayman Islands
by Helen Wallace Millions of GM mosquitoes are being released into countries including Brazil in an attempt to tackle dengue fever, but one campaigner questions whether the experiments are driven by public health concerns or profit British biotech company Oxitec…
Blue iguanas losing the blues and dancing back on Grand Cayman
In another excellent article by David McFadden and appearing all over the Internet web sites, he writes about the come back of Cayman’s “blazing” blue iguanas that has inspired the locals. He writes: QUEEN ELIZABETH II BOTANIC PARK, Cayman Islands —…
Nasa Mars Curiosity rover ships back detailed crater images
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shipped back to Earth high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars, sharpening our views of an intriguing channel, layered buttes and a layer of cobbles and pebbles embedded in a finer matrix of material. The…
NASA mission gives a peek of rover’s Mars journey
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing to a photo of…
Turtle Tragedy on Public Beach in Cayman Brac
Despite pleas to Public Works and Government officials in Cayman Brac protesting brightly lit Public Beach, it became a tragic scene for 133 baby Loggerhead Turtles emerging from their nest on Sunday morning. In the early morning hours, a local…
Refuting potential downsides to stem cell drug court ruling
From Knoepfler Lab Stem Cell Blog There was a burst of feeling last night (25) in the stem cell community as word began circulating that a federal court had ruled in favor of the FDA defining manipulated stem cell products…
Is Your Relationship with Trees on the Rocks?
By Sarene Marshall, The Nature Conservancy Given my work for a global conservation organization and my residence in a neighborhood filled with massive oaks, maples and hickories, it shouldn’t be surprising that my family and I are fond of trees….
