microlensing
microlensing A small-scale
gravitational lens effect. In microlensing, the gravitational field of the lensing object is not strong enough to form distinct images of the background source; instead, it causes an apparent brightening of the source. Stars are expected to vary in brightness in a characteristic manner if low-mass stars or planets pass in front of them, and this effect has been detected for stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud and in the central bulge of our Galaxy.
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Systems biology has its backers and attackers
Magazine article from: The Scientist; 10/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...What's that?" when the term systems biology comes up. "It is used in so many different...not so hot on the moniker. "Systems biology is just so general that it could apply...statement like, 'I'm doing systems biology,' do people know what you're talking...
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Synthetic Biology - This Revolutionary Technology Holds the Promise to Become a Powerful Commercial Tool for Small-Molecule Drug Discovery and Development.
M2 Presswire; 10/9/2007; 700+ words
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Molecular biology: Self-sustaining chemistry.(Commentary)
Magazine article from: Chemistry Central Journal; 10/30/2007; ; 700+ words
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Biology for the 21st century: The search for a core
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...students and the public on basic biology principles is still earning kudos...15 years after its creation. The Biology Project, originally designed as...instructional supplement to introductory biology courses at the UA, has been given...
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MathBench Biology Modules: web-based math for all biology undergraduates.
Magazine article from: Journal of College Science Teaching; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Historically, biology has not been a heavily quantitative science...tool for modern biologists, yet undergraduate biology courses remain largely qualitative and descriptive. Although biology majors are often required to take a full year...
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The Biology Teacher's Handbook, 4th Edition.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Biology Teacher's Handbook, 4th Edition. By...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The fourth edition of the Biology Teacher's Handbook is a concise reference...provides information about the quality of biology education from various perspectives. It...
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Biology profs feel pressure to cater to pre-meds
News Wire article from: University Wire; 11/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...medicine students: Hyper- competitive biology majors who exhibit frighteningly rigid...Not quite, but their presence in the biology department may have a large impact in the climate of biology classes. While not all pre-med students...
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BMC Biology turns five.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: BMC Biology; 12/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Webb (corresponding author) [1] BMC Biology launched in November 2003, under the...Board [1] as the flagship open access biology journal in the BMC series, publishing...between the premier journal, Journal of Biology [2] a home for exceptional research...
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Biology education: under the microscope: examining the history and current state of biology education.
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...will undoubtedly challenge some readers: Biology is the most important science subject...I say this, not because I am a prior biology teacher and wish to defend my prior vocation...only 59% of graduates in 2000 took both biology and chemistry and fewer still, 25...
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Marine Biology
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MARINE BIOLOGY MARINE BIOLOGY. Study of life along the seashore, which became known as marine biology by the twentieth century, was first developed and institutionalized in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. Two distinct...
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National Association of Biology Teachers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BIOLOGY TEACHERS The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) is the only national association...help educators at all levels improve the teaching of biology and life sciences. The purposes of the NABT are...
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Biology
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
BIOLOGY. Biology comes from the Greek word for life, bis, and the Greek word for thought...geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900 – 1975), "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" — a quote now...
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Molecular Biology
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY is the science, or cluster of scientific activities, that seeks...1950s has been described as the "structural school of molecular biology" (or biophysics). In the immediate postwar era, another approach...
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biology
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
biology the science that deals with living things...other sciences are brought to the study of biology in such fields as biochemistry (physiological...the 16th cent. gave a great stimulus to biology, broadening and deepening its scope and...
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