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US says EU rules on biotech crops \'unnecessary\'
2.4.2013 | Press monitoring
The United States on Monday criticized "unnecessary" European Union rules against genetically modified US crop imports ...
Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels
1.4.2013 | Press monitoring
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic material on Earth. For thousands of years it has been used as animal feed ...
Biological Transistor Enables Computing Within Living Cells
29.3.2013 | Press monitoring
When Charles Babbage prototyped the first computing machine in the 19th century, he imagined using mechanical gears ...
How Microbes Survive at Bare Minimum: Archaea Eat Protein
28.3.2013 | Press monitoring
Beneath the ocean floor is a desolate place with no oxygen and sunlight. Yet microbes have thrived in this environment ...
Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers
27.3.2013 | Press monitoring
No wonder wheat and barley farmers in Europe and Australia have trouble killing ryegrass and black-grass ...
Rejuvenating Blood of Mice by Reprogramming Stem Cells That Produce Blood
26.3.2013 | Press monitoring
The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood ...
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
25.3.2013 | Press monitoring
Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito ...
Genes May Be Reason Some Kids Are Picky About Food
22.3.2013 | Press monitoring
Parents may plead, cajole or entice their children to try new foods, but some kids just won't budge. Now, new research ...
Stem Cells Entering Heart Can Be Tracked With Nano-Hitchhikers
21.3.2013 | Press monitoring
The promise of repairing damaged hearts through regenerative medicine -- infusing stem cells into the heart ...
German researchers publish full Neanderthal genome
20.3.2013 | Press monitoring
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, has completed the genome sequence of a Neandertal ...
