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You're Not Really Green Until You Have a Living Roof

Sep 18, 2007

Harvard's planned science center, to comprise four buildings in the Allston section of Boston, may become a model of environmental responsibility, according to this article in the New York Times. In an agreement with the state, the Harvard science center "will cut [greenhouse gas] emissions 50 percent below the levels required by the national standard," the article says.

 

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.