synthetic biology
Pulling it together
The many amazing photomicrographs on display at the entrance to the Electron Microscope Laboratory in the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) were all…
For Ever and Ever: When the Wedding Flight Never Ends
Its stay on this planet was actually meant to be a very short one. Male twisted-wing parasites (Strepsiptera) usually have a life span of only few hours….
Biofuel grasslands better for birds than ethanol staple corn, researchers find
Federal mandates and market forces both are expected to promote rising biofuel production, MSU biologist Bruce Robertson says, but the environmental…
Princeton scientists construct synthetic proteins that sustain life
The team of researchers created genetic sequences never before seen in nature, and the scientists showed that they can produce substances that sustain life in…
Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis
By sticking a chemical group to it at a specific site, a protein arrests an enzyme that may worsen and spread cancer, an international research team led by…
2nd Keystone Symposia on biofuels
1. Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and Singapore’s Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) announce the second Keystone…