I assume there will be more stories like this in the next year, Gene Machine: The machine that could change your life is a compact device, only 24 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 21 inches high. At a glance you might mistake it for a Playskool toy–or, better yet, the Apple II computer, which [...]
Immunologist Klaus Rajewsky tells Alison Abbott why he is returning to his home country at the age of 74. NatureNews – Most recent articles – nature.com science feeds Incoming search terms:fastfreenews comklaus rajewskyrajewsky klaus
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Drafts of cacao and strawberry sequences unveiled. NatureNews – Most recent articles – nature.com science feeds
Weizmann scientists and a global team have produced the full genome of the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca). The wild strawberry has important nutritive properties, as well as qualities that make it an ideal model plant; e.g., it could provide insight into related agricultural crops from the rose family, including apple and almond trees. Newswise: SciNews
A neutrino observatory encased in ice at the South Pole could spot new physics. NatureNews – Most recent articles – nature.com science feeds
A single neuron sits in a petri dish, crackling in lonely contentment. From time to time, it spontaneously unleashes a wave of electric current that travels down its length. If you deliver pulses of electricity to one end of the cell, the neuron may respond with extra spikes of voltage. Bathe the neuron in various [...]
As you get jostled in the daily rough and tumble, does it feel like other people care less about how rough you have it and how much you’re getting tumbled? Well, your suspicion may have some data to back it up. Because according to an article in Scientific American Mind magazine, analysis of surveys of [...]
With “green” on the mind from holiday trees, wreaths, and garlands, here’s a package of ideas for keeping “green” — as in sustainable, eco-friendly — in your life throughout 2011 and beyond. They are gems on sustainability hand-picked from almost 38,000 scientific reports published in 2010 in the American Chemical Society’s 38 peer-reviewed scientific journals [...]