A collaboration between scientists at Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Francisco has led to the first direct information about the molecular structure of prions. In addition, the study has revealed surprisingly large structural differences between natural prions

Here are the 5 most popular posts from the last 7 days (September 28-October 4, 2009) on PSFK.com (based on Google Analytics).

Carlo Ratti, from the SENSEable City Laboratory at MIT has initiated a project to track where trash goes when we throw it "away".

Located near the former city wall of Beijing, Steven Holl's "Linked Hybrid" complex is completely self-contained, and features one of the largest geothermal heating and cooling systems in the world.

LotusLive iNotes -- a Web version of IBM's Lotus Notes -- joins growing list of hosted e-mail apps.

Fairfax County, Va., wins top county portal award with a plain design.

Judges included representatives of state, local and educational government interests.

The car-sharing company, Zipcar, charges $7 to $12/hour, which includes gas and insurance.

Radiocommunication technologies, have done so much to connect people and assure the development of other sectors, from maritime and air transport to satellite systems.

CheckOrphan, the leading global platform for rare, orphan and neglected diseases and GetReel Health, a health care 2.0 software that provides users with a virtual work place, a professional networking platform, and an enriched media management, announce a partnership that

Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the Epilepsy Coalition of NYS, Inc. will co-host their First Annual Epilepsy Gala/Fundraiser on Saturday, November 7, 2009, from 6 - 10pm, at the National Track and Field Armory located in New York City. Featured

The Nation's Only Exclusive Breast Cancer Clinical Trial Matching Service Adds New "Trial Alert" and "SecureCONNECT" Web 2.0 Components (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009) Read the full story at

The American Association for Cancer Research hosted a press briefing on this study on September 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009) Read the full story at

Oct. 27 Event Kicks Off With Keynote by Investor and New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009) Read the full story at

Optelec and Foundation Fighting Blindness share a common mission to bridge the gap between disease, prevention, awareness and providing solutions. This partnership will enable Optelec and ShopLowVision.com to take an active role in helping the more than 350,000 members impacted

InVitria's new cell culture media supplements, Zap-CHO and Optiferrin, have been developed to maximize cell culture media performance and will be on display at BioProcess International '09, the premier event for the bioprocessing industry, October 12-16 at Raleigh Convention Center

With Zap-CHO, customers get the animal free benefit of hydrolysates, the performance of FBS and the consistency of a defined media. (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009) Read the full story at

With website traffic increasing 640 percent in the two weeks since Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" was released, the Institute of Noetic Sciences will launch a multi-part teleseminar series from Washington D.C. as a field guide for readers and people

DNA Genotek today announced that its Oragene•DNA product is being used by a team of international researchers to further investigate a genetic link to podoconiosis. Podoconiosis is a disease occurring in individuals exposed to red clay soil derived from volcanic

Study first of its kind to specify muscle activation pattern to determine risk for ACL rupture (PRWeb Oct 1, 2009) Read the full story at