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If it can be done, though, it would represent a pretty significant foundation to conduct some interesting experimental research into the function of nerves.
FORBES: Nerve Cells Successfully Grown In Semiconductor Tubes
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Dr Matthew Gage, from the University of East Anglia, who carries out research into sperm function in animals, said it was highly unlikely that sperm were capable of any form of cognitive thought.
BBC: Sperm 'have sense of direction'
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This discovery, made just three years after new technology first enabled Alvin to reach these depths, changed our understanding of how life can function here on Earth, and opened entirely new fields of research.
CNN: Probing the ocean's undiscovered depths
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Meyers, a respected biologist at the University of Minnesota-Morris, noted over the weekend on his popular Pharyngula blog, the Encode research consortium that claimed to have identified function in 80% of the genome, actually discovered that a formula of 80% hype gets you the attention of the world press a point he pointedly made in his analysis last fall.
FORBES: Arguing Over Junk: Scientists Attack Each Other as Media Flub 'DNA Story of the Year'
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The primary function of oxybenzone is to absorb ultraviolet light, but some research shows oxybenzone can be absorbed through the skin.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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The evolution and function of these emotions is bound up with an area of research called theory of mind, to which this survey will return later.
ECONOMIST: Emotion is essential to human survival
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Continued research should also find even more optimal use of necessary microbes, reduced material costs and improved function of the technology at commercial scales, OSU scientists said.
ENGADGET: Researchers create super-efficient microbial fuel cell, dream of selling excess electricity
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Research shows that eating approximately 3 servings per day of vegetables is associated with 40% less mental function decline.
CNN: How does nutrition affect dementia?
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The States Parties are encouraged to integrate the protection of the cultural and natural heritage into regional planning programmes, set up staff and services at their sites, undertake scientific and technical conservation research and adopt measures which give this heritage a function in the day-to-day life of the community.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - UNESCO Conventions, Recommendations & Declarations in the UK