Related NewsGenomics pushes biology to exciting era (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:44:56 GMT
The science of biology entered a new era when Watson and Crick unraveled the double helix molecular structure of DNA half a century ago.
More... EMU breaks ground on $90M science complex (Detroit News)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:23:48 GMT
Eastern Michigan University broke ground Tuesday on a $90 million science complex that will include a 72,000-square-foot addition and renovation to the current Mark Jefferson Building.
More... Conference explores hot new field of synthetic biology (PhysOrg)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:39:49 GMT
Bay Area futurists and their fans gathered Sunday in a coming-of-age celebration for the fledgling field of synthetic biology, which builds living entities from lifeless chemicals.
More... School board alters high school courses (Wisconsin Dells Events)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:18:17 GMT
The Wisconsin Dells School Board unanimously approved plans to alter English courses for high school freshmen as well as offer biology to those freshmen students who score well on standardized tests and earn good grades in science at the middle school. The district is also diversifying its courses next year by offering the course, exotic small animal science, by popular student demand, and an ...
More... Bruker Announces Order for 10 NMR Systems to Enable World-Class Scientific Research at King Abdullah University of ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT
BILLERICA, Mass.----Bruker BioSpin announces today that it has received an order from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for ten Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers valued at close to $20 million, including Bruker’s flagship 950 MHz superconducting NMR magnet.
More... Judicial Reasoning: Art or Science? (Australian Policy Online)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:22:43 GMT
Judicial Reasoning: Art or Science will look at how judges judge. It will explore how judges’ reasoning is influenced by a range of factors, including: social, neurological, biological and psychological aspects. The program will cover: Judicial reasoning-how judicial officers make decisions; The influence of social changes; Impartiality and unconscious bias; Political influences on judges; ...
More... Conference explores Bay Area's hot new field of synthetic biology (San Jose Mercury News)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:01:21 GMT
Today's event features debate over the promise and peril of the new science taking hold in the region
More... Eastern Michigan University science building to be renovated, given 3-story addition (The Ann Arbor News)Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:40:07 GMT
An artist's rendering of the new, $90 million science complex at Eastern Michigan University, scheduled for completion sometime in 2011. Eastern Michigan University officials say a new science complex on campus is critical. And it's not hard to see why....
More... UMass Amherst Spinoff Raises $25 Million for Ethanol Breakthrough (Newswise)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:16:51 GMT
SunEthanol, a spinoff from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has raised $25 million in Series B financing from a consortium of funders including BP and Soros Fund Management LLC, and is changing its name to Qteros. The new name refers to its breakthrough Q Microbe technology for producing sustainable liquid fuel from non-food plants and wastes.
More... 'Age of Biology' dawns at UA for high schoolers (Arizona Daily Star)Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:17:54 GMT
Hundreds of high school students from throughout the state visited the University of Arizona on Saturday to learn about biology-related research and education.
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