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Final report of Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy
Date: January 28th, 2011 The panel conducting the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy has presented its report to Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. Food Labelling Review Dept of Health and Ageing Note TechNyou: Based on the following extract re: GM foods,… More »
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Bioethicist urges discussion on fetal genetic tests
Date: January 27th, 2011 Soon to be available non-invasive fetal testing technologies for identifying genetic diseases and traits could present a number of thorny ethical and social issues Genome Web Daily News: 26 January 2011
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Protein used to harvest energy from sunlight
Date: January 27th, 2011 A common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy – similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis. Brigham Young University: 26 January 2011 Image: Brigham Young University. The color change signaled that the energy transfer had taken… More »
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Meta materials may bring advanced optical technologies, cloaking
Date: January 27th, 2011 A new class of plasmonic metamaterials could make possible “nanophotonic” devices for ultrapowerful microscopes and computers, improved solar cells, and a possible invisibility cloak. Purdue University: 21 January 2011 Image: Researchers are developing a new class of “plasmonic metamaterials” as… More »
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Using nanoparticles in food packaging
Date: January 21st, 2011 Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles in paper have antimicrobial properties which could lead to its use in food packaging.
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GM chickens curb bird flu transmission
Date: January 14th, 2011 Researchers have made genetically modified chickens that can’t infect other birds with bird flu. Nature News: 13 January 2011 Home page image by Norrie Russell, courtesy of Valerie White and The Roslin Institute
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Skin provides Australia’s first adult stem cells for rare genetic disease
Date: January 14th, 2011 Australia has developed its first adult induced pluripotent stem cell lines using skin biopsies from patients with the rare genetic disease Friedreich Ataxia. University of Melbourne: 13 January 2011 Journal reference Jun Liu, Paul J. Verma, Marguerite V. Evans-Galea, Martin… More »
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Flaw in approach of public opinion surveys about science
Date: January 14th, 2011 A study highlights a major flaw in attempting to use a single survey question to assess public opinion on science issues. North Carolina State University: 13 January 2011 Journal reference Published: online Jan. 12 in Public Understanding of Science “Measuring… More »
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Stem cells could provide unlimited platelet supply
Date: January 13th, 2011 Human embryonic stem cells have been turned into blood platelets that are indistinguishable from those in normal blood. Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine International: 11 January 2011 Journal reference Platelets generated from human embryonic stem cells are functional in vitro… More »
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Uncertainty principle: How evolution hedges its bets
Date: January 12th, 2011 Genetics and epigenetics: how evolution may have come up with an extraordinary way of generating more variety. New Scientist: 10 January 2011
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