26/04/2010

Three-Dimensional Cell Culture: Making Cells Feel Right at Home

A team of Houston scientists has unveiled a new technique that uses magnetic nanobeads to levitate cells, allowing them to grow into three-dimensional structures. This technological leap from the flat Petri dish has the potential ...

BP struggles to cap leak as US oil slick spreads

British oil giant BP used robotic underwater vehicles Monday to try to cap a leaking well and prevent a growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico from developing into an environmental disaster.

Murdoch's Wall Street Journal takes on New York Times

In one corner, The New York Times. In the other, The Wall Street Journal. The two newspaper heavyweights are poised to do battle as Rupert Murdoch's Journal challenges Arthur Sulzberger's Times on its home ground -- New ...

How grass buffers keep agricultural herbicides at bay

Grass buffer strips are commonly used in crop production to reduce herbicide runoff. These practices are encouraged through incentives, regulations or laws, and are effective at lowering herbicide concentration in runoff. ...

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