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Turning DNA into a hard drive

Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far smaller scale, recording data within individual cells. One way to do that is to create ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New technology speeds up DNA 'rewriting' and measures the effects of the changes in living cells

Our ability to "read" DNA has made tremendous progress in the past few decades, but the ability to understand and alter the genetic code, that is, to "rewrite" the DNA-encoded instructions, has lagged behind. A new Weizmann ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers demonstrate possible primitive mechanism of chemical info self-replication

(Phys.org) -- When scientists think about the replication of information in chemistry, they usually have in mind something akin to what happens in living organisms when DNA gets copied: a double-stranded molecule ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Amazon streams video to Xbox 360 consoles

Online retail powerhouse Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft to begin streaming films and television shows to Xbox 360 videogame consoles.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Child abandonment in Europe is neglected issue, say researchers

Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New finding may hold key to Gaia hypothesis of Earth as living organism

(Phys.org) -- Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to answering this question. This key of sulfur ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (32) | comments 164 | with audio podcast

Real-time monitoring of RNA splicing in living cells moves step closer with novel fluorescent probe

Numerous biological processes depend on molecules called lariat RNAs (LaRNAs). These lasso-shaped structures form in the cell during RNA splicing. During this process, transcribed RNA strands convert to messenger ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Astronomy team discovers nearby dwarf galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a unique telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC 4449, which is some 12.5 million light years ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Microsoft offers $99 Xbox consoles with a catch

Microsoft began testing whether a pricing strategy that has been a hit with smartphones will invigorate sales of its Xbox 360 videogame consoles.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 09, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (19) | comments 15

Earth's oldest fossils boost hopes for life on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Earth that had no oxygen, a finding that boosts hopes life has existed on Mars, a study published ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 11

Building crystalline materials from nanoparticles and DNA

Nature is a master builder. Using a bottom-up approach, nature takes tiny atoms and, through chemical bonding, makes crystalline materials, like diamonds, silicon and even table salt. In all of them, the properties of the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Hidden soil fungus, now revealed, is in a class all its own

A type of fungus that's been lurking underground for millions of years, previously known to science only through its DNA, has been cultured, photographed, named and assigned a place on the tree of life.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stanford researcher uses living cells to create 'biotic' video games (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The digital revolution has triggered a wild proliferation of video games, but what of the revolution in biotechnology? Does it have the potential to spawn its own brood of games? Stanford ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cell's power generator depends on long-sought protein: 50-year search for calcium channel ends

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitochondria, those battery-pack organelles that fuel the energy of almost every living cell, have an insatiable appetite for calcium. Whether in a dish or a living organism, the mitochondria ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast