Bioengineering and Biotechnology News
Posted on February 19, 2011 at 08:14:14 am
A regular uptake of the trace element lithium can considerably promote longevity. This is the result of a new study by scientists of Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 08:34:11 am
Researchers received more than a million dollars from the U.S. National Science Foundation to discover why real vines are overtaking the American tropics. Data from eight sites show that vines are overgrowing trees in all cases
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 01:20:40 pm
Microsponges derived from seaweed may help diagnose heart disease, cancers, HIV and other diseases quickly and at far lower cost than current clinical methods
Posted on February 08, 2011 at 10:06:59 am
Hibernating, it turns out, is much more complicated than one might think
Posted on February 04, 2011 at 09:00:56 am
Researchers have discovered the 100 million-year-old ancestor of a group of large, carnivorous, cricket-like insects that still live today in southern Asia, northern Indochina and Africa
Posted on February 02, 2011 at 08:09:30 am
Forensic experts at the University of Abertay Dundee and the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) are leading the way in the research of new ground-breaking forensic techniques within the field of fingerprints
Posted on February 01, 2011 at 08:10:09 am
Scientists studying genetic evidence have discovered a new species of wolf living in Africa.
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 08:14:53 am
A new study takes a close look at the brain of the migratory monarch butterfly to better understand how these remarkable insects use an internal compass and skylight
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 08:09:28 am
Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA
Posted on January 27, 2011 at 02:41:14 pm
The mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life from human cells to algae has been identified by scientists
