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Science News
August 14, 2004
Janet Raloff |
What's the Beef? A study finds that at least half of the genetic inheritance of many of the animals identified at the slaughterhouse as Angus actually traces to some other breed. A new test will reveal what share of an animal's DNA traces to a particular breed.   |
Science News
August 7, 2004
Janet Raloff |
Got Diabetes? Try Ditching Caffeine A study shows blood glucose concentrations remained 21 percent higher among participants who had taken caffeine pills than when they had received the placebo pills. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Jay Chapman |
Whale-Bone-Eating Worms In Monterey Bay, off the coast of California, researchers have discovered a group of extraordinary marine worms that feed on the bones of dead whales. |
| Industrial Physicist |
Biomimetic Nanotechnology Although biomimetic nanotechnology is in its infancy, with no applications yet reaching commercialization, the barriers in some cases lie mainly in scaling up production processes to industrial levels. |
Wired
August 2004
Oliver Morton |
A Machine With a Mind of Its Own Ross King wanted a research assistant who would work 24/7 without sleep or food. So he built one. King's robot can look at the results of a biology experiment, draw a conclusion about what the results might mean, and then set off to test that conclusion. |
Wired
August 2004
Stuart Luman |
Singapore Wants You! The future-friendly city-state has an offer bioscientists can't refuse: unrestricted research, top-notch equipment, and limitless funds. |
Technology Research News
July 28, 2004 |
Chemistry yields DNA fossils The technique could be used to make nanoscale containers, wires, patterns, and chemical catalysts. |
Wired
August 2004
James Shreeve |
Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to Redefine the Origin of the Species He wanted to play God, so he cracked the human genome. Now Craig Venter wants to play Darwin and collect the DNA of everything on the planet. |
Reactive Reports
July 2004
David Bradley |
Breaking the Cycle of Epilepsy in Women Researchers have made an important discovery about a form of epilepsy that affects women most severely during menstruation. The findings could lead to a new treatment based on manipulating levels of the hormone progesterone. |
Science News
July 24, 2004
Janet Raloff |
Seeing Red and Finding Fraudulent Fish Marine biology students find most red snapper sold at stores isn't the real McCoy. The findings suggest that true red-snapper stocks might have been so depleted that fleets are now surreptitiously substituting other species for this high-value reef fish. |
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