Bill Gates Funds Human Waste To Biofuel Project In Ghana | Fast Company
“Developing countries lack both clean water and clean energy sources. By converting soiled water into energy and clean water, a new project could wipe awa...
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Scattering Microscope Peers Into the Nanoscale – ScienceNOW
From the article: Researchers have come up with a new idea for a light microscope. They placed between the light source and the object a lens made from a slab o...
Satellite tracking will reveal turtle wanderings : Nature News
“By borrowing the tools of the manicurist’s trade, marine biologists have found a way of attaching satellite-tracking tags to turtle hatchlings. The...
A united front – contamination in biotech drugs : Nature
“At least 17 incidences of viral contamination in biologics have been reported, but industry insiders say that many more go unreported. Rather than risk n...
‘Disease-Proof Mosquito’ Could Spread Like Wildfire – ScienceNOW
“The scientists used a so-called homing-endonuclease gene (HEG), a selfish gene found in fungi, plants, and bacteria that has the ability to create a seco...
Education: The PhD factory : Nature News
“Scientists who attain a PhD are rightly proud — they have gained entry to an academic elite. But it is not as elite as it once was. The number of science...
Education: Rethinking PhDs : Nature News
“Fix it, overhaul it or skip it completely — institutions and individuals are taking innovative approaches to postgraduate science training.” Read t...
Needham losing photo icon – Boston.com
“When’s the last time you brought a roll of film to the store for processing? If you can’t remember, you’ll begin to understand why Scorby’s Camera will s...
Take 10: Man-made wonders in New England – Boston.com
“Resourcefulness runs a close second to thrift as a Yankee virtue, and New Englanders have been great builders for centuries. As modest folk, we rarely co...
Gut bacteria in Japanese people borrowed sushi-digesting genes from ocean bacteria | Discover Magazine
“Nori is, by far, the most likely source of bacteria with porphyran-digesting genes. It’s the only food that humans eat that contains any porphyrans and u...