The man who helped to first sequence the human genome ten years ago, is looking to use biology to tackle the energy problem.

About two weeks ago I saw an announcement for the Materials Visualization Competition (MVC10) put on by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State. MVC10 is a scientific visual and artistic competition started to highlight the quality of research in materials at Penn State. See the entire gallery.

The latest installment from the inspirational site Symphony of Science, called "The Poetry of Reality". No need to be verbose about these creations as they speak volumes all their own.

Researchers from the Dept. of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis have found that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon - a key ingredient for increasing bone density - and suggest that moderate beer consumption may even help to prevent osteoporosis.

Some people do not believe that art and science go hand in hand. I consider people that spend their lives devoted to science a kind of artist, the kind that are revealing natural art to the masses by the research and the discoveries they make. It is easy to see this if you spend a few minutes looking through a National Geographic or Seed Magazine.

Portland, Oregon. January, 2010 -- Labgrab.com is announcing the release of a data visualization tool that graphs the current volume of science news by discipline. The colorful chart shows various sized boxes based on the volume of article headlines published by universities, journals, science news aggregators, and science blogs.

This European Space Agency (ESA), conference brought together nearly 200 scientists from more than 30 countries.

This story emerged about a month ago and has been covered in many outlets but we figured you might have missed it (we did). This video offers a tour of this truly innovative step forward in LCD technology. You can find all the details at MIT's Matthew Hirsch's BiDi Screen Page

Some videos, photos and history on ferrofluids. The company history of Ferrotec, which used to be Ferrofluidics Corp. states "Magnetic fluids, or ferrofluids, were developed in the 1960's through the sponsorship of NASA, to address the unique requirements of moving liquid fuel in a gravity-free outerspace environment.

On November 21, 2009 the sections of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) related to employment will go into effect. GINA was signed into law on May 21, 2008 by former president George Bush.