Scientists make the smallest thermometer from programmable DNA
This remarkable research could open the doors for biological thermometers at the nanoscale which might tell us a thing or ...
Tag: Biology
Scientists develop Cello, a programming language for bacteria
Biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly and efficiently program and design DNA-encoded circuits, giving ...
This common bacterium grows 60% better in space than on Earth
When researchers started raising 48 bacteria species aboard the International Space Station, they weren't really sure what to expect. They ...
Turn Guantánamo Into a Marine Research Station, Scholars Say
When Obama became president, one of his promises was to close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. Now, as he's nearing the ...
Biological wheels and motors imaged for the first time
Morgan Beeby and his colleagues at the Imperial College London used electron microscopy to image these biological motors in high ...
Intron Retention: a common cause for cancer
A new study finds that many cancers are caused by mutations that block the tumor suppressor gene’s effect, through a ...
Not for the faint of heart: Scientist grows a maggot inside his skin
Piotr Naskrecki, a Harvard biologist, did what few people would have the courage to do - he let maggots grow ...
Expanding Brain Samples to Better See Them
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to enlarge and map brain samples. This inexpensive ...
Where Biology Meets Art: BioScapes
The 2nd prize was won by Thomas Deerink, from the University of California, San Diego, for ...
8 Incredible GIFs that Explore the Human Body
The human body is a complex biological machine, where each part of the system works in tandem, from cells to ...
Shark Week Lied to Scientists to Get Them to Appear in “Documentaries”
An accurate depiction of what Shark Week is all about these days. I've given up on ...
3D Printed Bacteria Answers Questions
While 3D printing at the consumer level has mostly been a novelty, the applications in the medical community have been ...
Scientists strive to create inorganic life
A team or Scottish scientists are pushing material science on the extreme side by conducting research which, they hope, will ...
Convergent evolution: when two kids show up with the same costumes
Cyanide is nasty. I don't care if you're a venomous snake, an elephant or Charlie Sheen, cyanide is something you ...
Keep religion out of science class !
In a recent act that just baffles my mind, Tennesee, not one of the US brightest states, has passed a ...
Elephants cooperate, showing us (again) how smart they are
Elephants are absolutely amazing animals, from numerous points of view; they are extremely loyal and loving creatures, they have evolved ...
Millions of dead fish wash up on the coast of Brazil
Another mystery, even bigger than the one with the birds in Arkansas is puzzling researchers from all over the world, ...
Whales suffer from sun burns too
You know those days when you go to the beach, and it's just too hot outside, so you have to ...
Scientists find new bugs and frogs in Papua New Guinea
It's always nice when new species are discovered, and this time it ...
Bacteria can make you happier AND smarter
Mycobacterium vaccae is a type of bacteria that naturally leaves in soil and has been in the attention of researchers ...