Archive for July, 2010
Friday, July 30th, 2010
With plenty of food why do 1 billion people still go hungry or are malnourished? By 2050 we will have another 3 billion people. What is sustainable intensification and where does science fit into this picture?
Tags: agriculture, environment, genetic engineering, GM foods, GMO, public engagement, science communication
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
A new imaging technique may make it possible to spot a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor.
Tags: cancer, medical and health, nanoparticles
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
A US government investigator told members of Congress on Thursday that personalized DNA tests claiming to predict certain inheritable diseases are misleading and offer little or no useful information.
Tags: bio-ethics, genes, genetic testing, genome sequence, medical and health, personalised DNA test
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
A novel approach to arsenic removal could lead to a quick and inexpensive purification of drinking water in developing countries.
Tags: arsenic, environment, graphene, nano-safety, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, water purification
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
A husband was denied the right to have his wife’s life support switched back on to allow collection of her eggs for conception through IVF. Partners have been allowed to collect dead men’s sperm, so what is the difference?
Tags: bio-ethics, eggs, gametes, ivf, sperm
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
the us Department of Energy is putting up $122 million to help humans capture the energy of the sun and create renewable liquid fuels through “artificial photosynthesis.”
Tags: artificial photosynthesis, biofuels, biotechnology, nanotechnology
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
University of QLD: research has found the Nanopatch – a needle-free method of vaccine delivery – is now dissolvable, confirming it is a potentially safer, cheaper alternative to needles.
Tags: medical and health, nanopatch, nanotechnology, vaccination
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
The first reliable components for synthetic biology could be available by the end of the year.
Tags: bio-ethics, genes, genome sequence, medical and health, synthetic biology
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Friday, July 23rd, 2010
A CSIRO researcher says developed countries need to stop throwing away so much food if the world is to feed its growing population.
Tags: agriculture, bio-ethics, food security, GM foods, GMO
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Previously unknown species of bacteria are helping reduce the environmental impacts of alumina and aluminium production and saving the industries millions of dollars, a researcher at The University of Western Australia has found.
Tags: Aluminium production, bacteria, environment
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