| Refrigerated trucks to keep their cool thanks to fuel cell technology | Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, which will do the work normally done by a small diesel engine to keep the cargo at the proper temperature while the trucks are making deliveries. | Read More » Unprecedented control of genome editing in flies promises insight into human development, disease | In an era of widespread genetic sequencing, the ability to edit and alter an organism's DNA is a powerful way to explore the information within and how it guides biological function. | Read More » Genomic differences found in types of cervical cancer | A new study has revealed marked differences in the genomic terrain of the two most common types of cervical cancer, suggesting that patients might benefit from therapies geared to each type's molecular idiosyncrasies. | Read More » Out of Africa? New bamboo genera, mountain gorillas, and the origins of China's bamboos | African mountain bamboos look like Asian bamboos, with Mountain Gorillas instead of Giant Pandas, but research has shown that they are as different to Asian bamboos as the Gorilla is to the Panda, and they represent two completely new genera. Bamboos evolved in Gondwanaland, and how they reached China is unknown. Like modern humans they could have came 'Out of Africa', but it now seems more likely they were a gift to China from India. | Read More » | |
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