Michigan State University biochemists (and science artists!) have made a germy philosopher’s stone:
… Read the rest “Mighty bacteria make gold. Not a cold, gold.”“Microbial alchemy is what we’re doing – transforming gold from something
The Daily Galaxy says Saturn’s big moon, Titan, could be a life-making machine:
… Read the rest “Titan is making DNA. Or could be.”Saturn’s moon Titan has many of the components for life without liquid water. But the orange
That’s the tempting pitch made by a team from the University of Adelaide and University of Colorado, who’ve come up with a way to block opioid addiction in the brain:
… Read the rest “Heroin: now with all the pain relief, and none of the addiction.”Laboratory
Scientists have come one step closer to creating artificial life by building a cell membrane from scratch:
… Read the rest “Building cells from the outside in.”“We don’t understand this really fundamental step in our existence, which is
SONG: “Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: Squid Pro Crow.
SOURCE: Based on “Exotic creatures… Read the rest “SONG: Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent”
This is more covering-the-coverage than flogging a new discovery, but the New York Times is keeping tabs on the process of turning pond scum into an industrial fuel source:
… Read the rest “Super-scum. Again.”Foreign genes
This video is from Essential Cell Biology, 3rd Edition by Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff and Roberts (and apparently not from Tokyo Institute of Technology as credited elsewhere).… Read the rest “Science Art: ATP Synthase, Essential Cell Biology.”
Princeton University researchers have found the bitter truth about HFCS:
… Read the rest “Corn syrup not so sweet.”The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard
BBC dives into the future of computing, when we replace cold, hard silicon with a strong brew of liquid thinking machines:
… Read the rest “Wetware upgrade.”What distinguishes the current project is that it will make use
Science Daily reveals the chemical link between passionate desire and passionate jealousy:
… Read the rest “Love is envy (chemically).”Previous studies have shown that the oxytocin hormone has a positive effect on positive feelings.
The venerable Lockergnome recently looked at memory technology – specifically, a nasal spray that boosts your ability to learn:
… Read the rest “Squirt memory up your nose.”In a research report featured as the cover story
Reuters carries the story of the first seed of life to be discovered on a comet:
… Read the rest “We found the seeds.”The latest findings add credence to the notion that extraterrestrial objects such as meteorites and comets
New York Times brings up the unsettling possibility that future biochemically savvy crooks will be capable of fudging DNA evidence:
… Read the rest “DNA evidence, made to order.”The scientists fabricated blood and saliva samples
So you get a cut – ouch! – and you put a band-aid on it, but first, you make sure you disinfect it with hydrogen peroxide. It gets all fizzy and then it’s cleaner, right? Ever… Read the rest “That healing fizz.”
New Scientist pulls back the veil from a team of Canadian biotech researchers who have built a yeast-based fuel cell that can run on blood:
… Read the rest “Vampire batteries for implants eternal!”Such fuel cells would be especially useful for devices,
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