Australia corals to light up cancer cure fight
Australian scientists have discovered a cluster of brilliant shallow-water corals that could help in the search for anti-cancer drugs and to understand global warming, a researcher said Saturday.
The vividly fluorescent cluster was found in [...]
Spider Silk and Goats’ Milk
Lab Spins Artificial Spider Silk, Paving the Way to New Materials. Tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel, spider silk has long intrigued engineers and scientists because of its potential industrial and medical applications.
Now, a biotech [...]
Biotech Firms Transforming Animals Into Drug-Producing Machines
Transgenic creatures carry human DNA that produce proteins. Biotech protien drugs and theraputic antibodies are currently brewed in factories like in Genentech plant.
Several biotech firms in the United States and Europe are giving new meaning [...]
Ban dissection in colleges, urges PETA
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Tuesday urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to ban dissection in zoology classes in universities and colleges.
The animals rights group along with some scientists and academics recommended [...]
All matches of FIFA World Cup 2010 has a little India!
India in 2010 Fifa Final: Andreas Gellner, Adidas India managing director, is no prophet but he does know who will be in the 2010 Fifa World Cup final in South Africa. Jabulani; but the official match ball for football’s greatest show.
And [...]
Group seeks endangered listing for bumblebee
A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list.
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and University of California at Davis entomologist [...]
Sperm whale faeces ‘helps oceans absorb CO2′
Sperm whale faeces may help oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the air, scientists say. Australian researchers calculate that Southern Ocean sperm whales release about 50 tonnes of iron every year.
This stimulates the growth of tiny marine [...]
In Hunt for Food, Sharks Have a Sense of Timing
Sharks are scent hunters, using their noses to steer them toward unsuspecting prey.
A new study finds that they do this by distinguishing which nostril the scent of food hit first, then swimming in that direction.
The difference in timing [...]
Brain scans ‘can distinguish memories’, say scientists
Scientists say they have been able to tell which past event a person is recalling using a brain scan.
The University College London researchers showed people film clips and were able to predict which ones they were subsequently thinking about.
The [...]
Nine-legged octopus found in Florida
A nine-legged octopus is said to have recently been found in a seafood shipment to Florida.
Head Chef Emmanuel Psomas says he was steaming the octopus Thursday when he discovered that it seemed, well, leggier than normal. Psomas says he’s [...]
