Scientists have begun putting genes from human beings into food crops in a dramatic extension of genetic modification. The move, which is causing disgust and revulsion among critics, is bound to strengthen accusations that GM technology is creating “Frankenstein foods” and drive the controversy surrounding it to new heights.
Even before this development, many people, including [...]
A bacteria-eating virus is the star of a new video that could help researchers learn the secrets of viral infection and thereby develop better gene therapies.
Researchers at Purdue University combined traditional crystallography and cryoelectron microscopy with imaging software to create detailed pictures of a virus called T4. The Purdue scientists also made a video that [...]
Salmon gives birth to trout in scientific leap that gives hope to endangered fish.
Biology textbooks will never quite be the same again. Scientists have altered the reproductive organs of salmon so that they produce trout offspring.
A “germ” tissue from young trout was put into young salmon so that when the salmon became sexually mature they [...]
Biometric Bodysuits.
A team of the Applied NanoBioscience Center at Arizona State University has built prototypes of biometric bodysuits. They can detect chemical attacks, deliver drugs to their wearers, or even perfume scents if your body temperature rises too much. The military version of the Scentsory Chameleon Bodysuit incorporates fuel cells to provide a lightweight source [...]
Pioneering scientists in the UK have decoded a record-breaking two billion letters of DNA, it has been revealed.
Researchers who are developing biochips are taking two distinct approaches in devising ways to shunt tiny amounts of liquids around. One focuses on finding ways to form microscopic channels and tiny mechanical pumps. The other is aimed at [...]
Pioneering scientists in the UK have decoded a record-breaking two billion letters of DNA, it has been revealed.
The researchers at the Wellcome Trust’s Sanger Institute say that if this DNA was scaled up to the size of a spiral staircase it would stretch to the Moon.
The “life code” found in cells contains information about biology, [...]
Israeli teens don't like Russians
2 Israeli teens assault elderly men playing chess because "they don't like Russians" The indictment reveals that the two had arrived at the park where they approached the immigrants. One of them blew smoke in one of the older men’s faces, and proceeded to hit him on his arm with a ... UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire, Leviev
Some good news: Adalah-NY - UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands Diamond Mogul, Lev Leviev, Facing Increasing Pressure for Human Rights Violations A senior advisor to UNICEF's Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire ... UN Report: Palestinian's Right to Worship
Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem is a new UN 19 pages report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It provids shocking -but not surprising- information about the situation. Excerpt: Nablus, located 65 kilometres from Jerusalem, is the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. ... AIPAC, The Jewish Holy Worriers
Unlike the Rolling Thunder, the Veteran group that descends on Washington, DC every Memorial Day to remind us and the nation, certainly the Congress of the brave men and women who gave up their lives for the love of the country and to remind us and the nation of the ... Obama campaign apologizes for excluding women in hijab
The Detroit News Sen. Barack Obama's campaign apologized Wednesday after volunteers asked two Muslim women not to stand or sit behind the candidate at a rally in Detroit this week out of concerns about the appearance of traditional Muslim dress in published and broadcast visuals of the events. The incident is one ...
