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Problems With Identifying Meat? The Answer Is to Check the Barcode
February 28, 2013 — Want to know what you are eating? DNA barcodes can be used to identify even very closely related species, finds a new article. Results from the study show that the labelling of game meat in South ... > full story -
Discovery of Remains of England's King Richard III Confirmed
February 4, 2013 — The University of Leicester has confirmed that it has discovered the remains of England's King Richard III. At a specially convened media conference, experts unanimously identified the remains ... > full story -
A Scanner for Hereditary Defects: New Possibilities in Genetic Damage Recognition for Improving Cancer Treatment
January 24, 2013 — Our DNA is constantly under attack from UV light, toxins and metabolic processes. Proteins and enzymes continually repair the damaged DNA. Unrecognized and therefore unrepaired damage to the genetic ... > full story -
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Biometrics Using Internal Body Parts: Knobbly Knees in Competition With Fingerprints
January 23, 2013 — Forget digital fingerprints, iris recognition and voice identification, the next big thing in biometrics could be your knobbly knees. Just as a fingerprints and other body parts are unique to us as ... > full story -
Pocket Test Measures Fifty Things in a Drop of Blood
December 19, 2012 — A new device about the size of a business card could allow health care providers to test for insulin and other blood proteins, cholesterol, and even signs of viral or bacterial infection all at the ... > full story -
Long-Wavelength Laser Will Take Better 'Fingerprints' of Medicines Than Chemical Analysis, Research Suggests
December 19, 2012 — A laser capable of working in the terahertz range – that of long-wavelength light from the far infrared to 1 millimeter – takes a better 'fingerprint' of, say, a drug under investigation, ... > full story -
Major Breakthrough in High-Precision Indoor Positioning
December 17, 2012 — Cell phones are getting ever smarter today, savvy enough to tell you where to go and what to buy in shopping centers or department stores. Although still in nascent stages, indoor positioning and ... > full story -
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New Method to Directly Sequence Small Genomes Without Library Preparation
December 11, 2012 — For the first time, researchers sequenced DNA molecules without the need for the standard pre-sequencing workflow known as library ... > full story -
Termites Strike Gold: Ant and Termite Colonies Unearth Gold in Australia
December 11, 2012 — Ant and termite nests could lead to hidden treasure, according to researchers in Australia. Scientists have found that at a test site in the West Australian goldfields termite mounds contained high ... > full story -
My Microbes: New Genetic Fingerprint Lives in Your Gut
December 5, 2012 — Our bodies contain far more microbial genes than human genes. And a new study suggests that just as human DNA varies from person to person, so too does the massive collection of microbial DNA in the ... > full story
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