Biology & Life Sciences

Magazine articles on biology, life sciences, biotech, medical research.

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PC World December 2004 Tom Spring	Three Minutes With Ray Kurzweil Visionary tells how biotechnology and nanotechnology will extend human life spans into near immortality.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 Kimberly Patch	DNA in nanotubes sorts molecules Researchers have made a synthetic membrane that recognizes certain biochemical molecules and allows them to pass through. The method could be used to make biological sensors like those needed for genetics research, and to sort biological molecules,
AskMen.com Jonathan Harvey	Improve Your Mind With Music Do you think it's possible to become smarter and think more clearly with music? Can someone become a more effective learner, reader and thinker without even breaking a sweat?
Geotimes November 2004 Jay Chapman	Impacting the Origin of Life Impact events and meteorite strikes are often associated with mass extinctions and widespread devastation. But, despite this destructive reputation, impact events may have played a role in the evolution of life, according to several new studies.
Reason November 2004 Ronald Bailey	Build a Better Mouse If scientists can reliably lengthen the lives of mice, the Methuselah Mouse Prize organizers believe, they will be well on their way to finding out how to do the same thing for people.
Wired November 2004 Joshua Davis	The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die The war on Colombia's drug lords is losing ground to an herbicide-resistant supershrub. Is it a freak of nature - or a genetically modified secret weapon?
Science News October 30, 2004	Sequenced Genomes This Web site contains illustrations and quick descriptions of organisms whose genomes have been sequenced.
Reactive Reports Issue 41 David Bradley	Picking up the Sweat Scent Newly discovered sulfur-containing scent molecules in sweat produced by a bacterial enzyme point to our smelly past and could lead to an odor-free future.
Reactive Reports Issue 41 David Bradley	Implantable Chips This pioneering work in making single-crystal silicon bioactive is important to biomedical microdevices such as MEMS and biosensors.
Reactive Reports Issue 41 David Bradley	I Can See Clearly Now Patients could recover from cataract surgery a lot quicker thanks to the development of a new, adhesive hydrogel that can be painted over incisions in the eye.
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