Biotechnology “is using living things to create products or to do tasks for human beings”. At present sustainable energy for the future is driving a lot of biotechnology. Seaweed is unlike pond scum growing on slow moving waters, sea weed is…
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Diatoms are microscopic single-celled algae of the class Bacilliariophyta, and are one of the most common types of algae. Most diatoms are single-celled, but others can form colonies of algae. Diatoms secrete silica, the same material that sand is made…
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The environment shapes evolution. Now human beings are shaping the environment. This is, on earth, a new and shocking event. It took the universe, as we know it, about eleven billion years to create the human brain. With warp speed,…
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Algae comes in many varieties, so many that most might not even be aware of whether they are looking at algae or not. Algae can be seen floating on the surface of a stagnant lake. It can be found riding…
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The U.S. military Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has seen the future, and the future is bugs. Bionic bugs. DARPA, the visionary arm of the Pentagon, is tasked with anticipating and shaping the battlefield of the future. Like the…
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What should one know about the devious bacteria Bartonella? Well, first of all, there are two serotypes of it: Seroptype I is Houston-1 and Serotype 2 is Marseille. The different classifications are based on the slight but still significant differences…
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I am thoroughly surprised and also extremely excited that no writer has yet decided to take on the bold task of writing for the “YES” side of this intriguing debate topic. And I am sure that by the end of…
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Extensive developmental studies have been shown that the pre-existing cellular structures play a key role in the formation of new cellular structures. Various processes such as homonucleation, heteronucleation and allosteric transitions are observed to involve in the developmental phenomenon. The…
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In recent years, the zombie apocalypse concept has been explored in books such as Max Brooks’ “World War Z,” films such as “Zombieland,” and the television series “The Walking Dead.” The violent survival drama of this imaginary situation appeals to…
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The confirmation of alien life on exoplanets may not arrive from exotic space missions, whiz bang robotic space probes, or even the derring-do of future astronauts. The proof of alien life might be discovered right here on Earth—inside a meteorite….
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