Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol
Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol A genetically modified strain of common gut bacteria may lead to a new technology for making biofuels that does not compete with food crops for arable acreage Seaweed may well be an ideal plant to turn into biofuel. It grows in much of the two thirds of the planet that is underwater, so it wouldn't crowd out food crops the way co
It's Time to End the War on Salt
The zealous drive by politicians to limit our salt intake has little basis in science For decades, policy makers have tried and failed to get Americans to eat less salt. In April 2010 the Institute of Medicine urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate the amount of salt that food manufacturers put into products; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already convinced 16 companies
Guest Blog: The Evolution of Common Sense
The Evolution of Common Sense By John S. Wilkins | May 24, 2011 10:29 AM | 4 Share Email Print Arthur Stanley Eddington was an interesting fellow. The English astrophysicist who photographed the solar eclipse that validated Einstein’s theory of general relativity was also a Quaker, a pacifist, and a clever popular writer. In his 1928 book The Nature of the Physical World [1] he began by noting tha
BP "top kill" fails: Scientific American
By Ed Stoddard and Mary Milliken VENICE, La./HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Saturday its complex "top kill" maneuver to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in U.S. history already in its 40th day. It may be another two months before the London-based energy giant can definitively turn off the gusher -- a delay that could undermine
Guest Blog: Craig Venter has neither created--nor demystified--life
Craig Venter is the Lady Gaga of science. Like her, he is a drama queen, an over-the-top performance artist with a genius for self-promotion. Hype is what Craig Venter does, and he does it extremely well, whether touting the decoding of his own genome several years ago or his construction of a hybrid bacterium this year. In a typical Venter touch sections of the bacterium's DNA translate into port
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Key Findings on Higgs Boson, Alzheimer's Drugs, Lake Vostok Set to Emerge in 2012
The Case for Parallel Universes: Scientific American
Guest Blog: Lindau Nobel Meeting--Peter Agre and Torsten Wiesel: Nobel laureate scientific diplomacy builds bridges
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