Biological Sciences
The Hastings Center has received a $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a two-year project to examine the ethical questions surrounding synthetic biology.
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A potent combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is carrying microbiology forward into a new era.
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Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.
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EPA has finalized the Academic Laboratory rule to provide increased regulatory flexibility, while enhancing safe management of hazardous waste.
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David P. Friedman, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, says that until the 1980s, the scientific community did a very poor job of communicating with anyone beyond their own campuses. That, he
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One hundred safety leaders from around North America gathered in San Francisco, CA last month to attend the third annual DBO2 User Summit, and to define how industry will look at and measure safety in the future.
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A team of Princeton University scientists has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution.
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The landmark $500 million biofuels research partnership that created the Energy Biosciences Institute has been named a Deal of Distinction by the Licensing Executives Society.
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Obamas Win and the Scientific Community Only two days after Barack Obamas historic election-day victory, it may be premature to speculate exactly how his administration will impact the scientific research community. But based on campaign pledges and promises, it looks encouraging.
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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop economically viable technology to stabilize pyrolysis oil from second generation biomass feedstocks for use as a renewable fuel source.
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For the first time, nanoscale catalysts have been observed as they change during a reaction. With this development, Berkeley Lab scientists envision a new era of smarter catalysts that could be harnessed to fight pollution, feed hydrogen fuel cells, and drive fuel refinement techniques.
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MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings.
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