Fluorescent Protein Slide Show from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI states, "Fluorescent proteins have illuminated biology for years. The slideshow presents a sampling of images from the labs of HHMI researchers."
This is a terrific photo slide show is complete with educational paragraphs like this one regarding round worm RNA.
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Genetics - Helping Dad Choose the Right Paint Color ....
Consumer Genetics, Inc. today announced the release of a new pregnancy testing kit that also is able to predict the sex of the baby with greater than 95% accuracy. No longer will expecting parents have to wait 18 to 20 weeks until an ultrasound technician is able to pick up on the gender specific parts - the new test can confirm the happy news as early as 7 weeks post-conception.
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Biology Majors - Stand up for Science, Win $1000
The folks at Pearson Higher Education - publisher of many, if not most of the textbooks used in teaching today - has announced a $1000 scholarship prize targeted at biology majors who are willing "to take a public stand for science".
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Boldly going where no scientists have gone before .....
Later this month, an international team of scientists from six different nations will embark on a new exploration of one of the last unexplored places on earth - an ice covered mountain range in Antarctic's Gamburstev Province, that current scientific knowledge suggests shouldn't even be there.
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Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found - Discovered in Nevada
The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters in diameter -- date back some 570 million years, to the Ediacaran period.
Read more...Form of Crohn's disease traced to disabled gut cells
Scientists report online this week in Nature that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder.
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Duke Researchers Show Reading Can Help Obese Kids Lose Weight
It's no secret that reading is beneficial. But can it help kids lose weight? In the first study to look at the impact of literature on obese adolescents, researchers at Duke Children's Hospital discovered that reading the right type of novel may make a difference.
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Spectroscopy on a Chip
In an article posted online at Ars Technica, author Chris Lee discusses new advances in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) that may have untold possibilities.
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Invitrogen and Applied BioSystems Move Closer to Merger
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN) today announced that the syndication of the financing relating to its proposed acquisition of Applied Biosystems announced on June 12, 2008 has been completed.
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