by Haitham Sabbah
August 9, 2004
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 [...]
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by Haitham Sabbah
June 13, 2004
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 [...]
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