Mathematicians have proposed a new solution to understanding a MicroRNA puzzle; different and sometimes conflicting theories about ways in which microRNAs regulate protein production, since the…

Is there a 'biological clock' that women recognize innately, and act on accordingly? New research casts some doubt on that. The notion of a biological clock in women arises from the fact that  …

Silicone and living cardiac muscle cells have been combined to form a freely swimming "jellyfish", proof of concept for reverse engineering a variety of muscular organs and simple life forms. It…

Why Throw-Away Statements Harm the Anti-GMO Movement As an academic research scientist active at the public interface, I enjoy communicating about complex science topics. With regard to trasngenic (…

We are currently witnessing the USDA public commentary period on the Arctic Apple, a transgenic apple that does not exhibit browning upon injury or cutting.  The anti-browning trait was…

If you want to scare somebody, convince them that there is a remote chance of danger in their food, water or medicine. Even if there is no evidence to back up the claim, people respond strongly to…

This is an almost verbatim copy of a press release from the London Centre for nanotechnology. When Watson, Crick and Wilkins discovered the DNA double helix nearly sixty years ago, they based their…

Researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli(E. coli) - the bacterium has now been growing for more than 1,000 generations,…

If you are not a fan of transgenic (GMO) technologies, just wait until you hear about the freakish practices scientists and big seed companies are sneaking under the radar!  Now, scientists soak…

If you are not a fan of transgenic (GMO) technologies, just wait until you hear about mutation breeding!  Scientists soak seeds or tissues in toxic chemicals or subject them to high fields of…