New techniques in DNA retrieval from dead animals might change the balance in the often fruitless quest to stop the poaching of endangered species.READ»
If you've ever had the sneaking suspicion that the so-called halibut on your plate might be a sea bass in disguise, it turns out your hunch was right. A large-scale seafood investigation found that unscrupulous fishermen and vendors mislabel an average of half of all fish sold, negatively impacting shoppers' wallets and health--not to mention marine conservation. READ»
What's the difference between a multi-billion-dollar startup and a flop? The Startup Genome Project, an initiative started by the Silicon Valley-based blackbox seed accelerator, is taking on the task of decoding what makes a startup ...READ»
A microbe found in a Californian lake is alive but its DNA includes a different material to everything else living on Earth: Arsenic. It's proof positive, says NASA, that E.T. is out there.READ»
They are inventing new kinds of storage devices and developed the first hard drive. IBM. But only a few lucky ones get inside IBM's Almaden Research Center. Here we get you in and you talk with Mark Dean, PhD, IBM Fellow and vice ...READ»
Plants: they're good for more than just growing food, flowers, and fuel. A futuristic-sounding company called Applied DNA Sciences recently signed a deal with an as-yet-unnamed luxury goods company to use unique plant DNA to track ...READ»
When the human genome was first sequenced nearly a decade ago, the world lit up with talk about how new gene-specific drugs would help us cheat death. Well, the verdict is in: Keep eating those greens.READ»
DNA analysis is key to many modern medical techniques, but usually requires a whole bunch of electronics and chemistry in a lab environment. That's not suitable for poorer nations, so a science team has simplified it to the ...READ»
Genetics, this is your mainstream moment! So says conference founder
and biotech entrepreneur John Boyce, who points to the rapid drop in
DNA-sequencing costs and growing interest in genomics
from consumer-goods manufacturers. ...READ»
There are some scary statistics about fathers not being fathers, and more about mothers being cheaters. Here's my top 10 reasons for getting tested.READ»
