Few strands of bacteria have achieved such a central place in public consciousness as Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria which causes Anthrax. While today it is a feared weapon of bioterrorism Bacillus anthracis has played ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 12, 2011
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Researchers report that they are the first to show in molecular detail how one gene evolved two competing functions that eventually split up – via gene duplication – to pursue their separate destinies.
Biotechnology
Jan 12, 2011
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News Corp. and Apple are to unveil The Daily next week, a digital newspaper for the iPad, the tablet computer Rupert Murdoch hopes may emerge as the savior of the struggling news industry.
Internet
Jan 12, 2011
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Massive changes in farming practices, eating habits and consumption will be needed to feed Earth's population sustainably when it hits nine billion in 2050, French scientists warned on Wednesday.
Environment
Jan 12, 2011
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Russia will reopen its Soyuz space ships to paying tourists in 2013 after a hiatus since 2009, the US-based company that organises the trips with Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2011
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A mid-infrared mosaic image from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, offers new information about processes of star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42 in the constellation Orion. The ...
Astronomy
Jan 12, 2011
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Many automobile industry executives believe that sales of traditional vehicles will peak before 2020 and are looking to electric-only vehicles (EVs) as one of the next hot products, but they will first have to address stringent ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2011
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NEC Corporation announced today the development of technology that collectively distributes and configures access policy to a variety of computing resources in a cloud computing environment. The newly developed technology ...
Software
Jan 12, 2011
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To be able to divide, a cell must first of all create enough space for itself in the tissue. How cells do that was a mystery, until now. Researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 12, 2011
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In the outer reaches of our solar system lies a mysterious region far more remote and difficult to explore than the Australian outback. It remains the only part of our solar system not visited by spacecraft. Called the Kuiper ...
Astronomy
Jan 12, 2011
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