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13 year old researcher finds tree inspired solar collection more efficient

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aidan Dwyer, a 13 year old Junior High School student from New York state, noticed that the phyllotaxy of the leaves on trees he was observing while hiking through the Catskill Mountains, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (19) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report

The first kangaroo genome sequence

Kangaroos form an important niche in the tree of life, but until now their DNA had never been sequenced. In an article newly published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, an international consor ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Three periods of innovation in gene regulation occurred during the evolution of vertebrate animals: study

Over the past 530 million years, the vertebrate lineage branched out from a primitive jawless fish wriggling through Cambrian seas to encompass all the diverse forms of fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Now ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA construction software saves time, resources and money

DNA construction, also known as DNA cloning or recombinant DNA technology - among a host of other terms - is one of the principal tools of modern biotechnology, used for a wide variety of purposes, including ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1