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The Latest Biology Resources Highlighted at Life-Sciences ne...

The Science Website Life-Sciences net has been established to discover and share scholarly and popular content in the basic and applied life and earth sciences including agriculture, forestry, the environmental sciences, and the health sc [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Biology Presentation Informs with Statistics, Humor

Indiana University South Bend and more than 15 other sponsors, including South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society and St. Mary's College joined together to host the 15th lecture on sustainable living utilizing native plant species. Dr. Dou [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

FLCC biology research in national spotlight

The success Finger Lakes Community College has experienced bringing research into biology curriculum is now paying off big time. On Tuesday, the college announced receiving a $3.35 million National Science Foundation grant to roll out a n [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Maths students multiply as biology fever dies down

A decade ago if a science student was asked what he wanted to be, the answer would invariably be, "A doctor". This trend, however, seems to have been reversed in recent years. An increasing number of students have started opting [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Further Resources for Synthetic Biology Research

In our 2008 " Special Feature: Opportunities in Synthetic Biology," we offered a snapshot of the nascent field of synthetic biology, looking at what the field encompasses, the skills it requires, and where the jobs and training [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Biology Researchers Study Connecticut’s Native Fish Populati...

There’s something fishy about one of Connecticut’s minnows, and the topic hooked researchers in the Department of Biology. During the last ice age, Connecticut was covered by layers of snow and ice, forcing organisms to seek r [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

All Health's Breaking Loose — words create biology

“I think I can, I think I can,” were the words that empowered the little train up that arduous hill. Mantras, affirmations, positive mental attitude training … as the world becomes busier and more complicated, it seems [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Changing Skyline: Biology central

Was it only three years ago that Radar Magazine crowned Drexel University the "ugliest campus" in a roundup of American colleges? The charge seemed a bit unfair then, even if Market Street was still ablaze with Drexel's oran [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

CELL BIOLOGY : Light-sheet microscopes reveal cells in actio...

Early in the 20th century, the University of Heidelberg established itself as a pioneering center for interdisciplinary studies. A century later, the medieval German town hosts a new center for cross-disciplinary research. The [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Biology professors say they've been targeted over evolution ...

Two University of Florida biology professors suspect they’ve been the target of anti-evolution vandalism. One professor reported to police that she has had Darwin fish emblems repeatedly ripped from her car over the pa [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Cell Biology

The SEB Cell Biology Section is at the heart of SEB activities. Recognising that cell biology is central to modern experimental biology we seek to organise Symposia and sessions at the SEB main meeting that take a multidisciplinary approa [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Social challenges of synthetic biology examined

In the wake of last year's creation of the first self-replicating cell with a synthetic genome – which was quickly followed by a request from President Barack Obama for a report by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

'Biology, culture play big part in obesity'

Obesity policy-makers place too much emphasis on exercise, smoking and weight loss, and not on complex biological and cultural factors, says a New Zealand-led study. The commentary paper co-authored by the Prime Minister's chief [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

What's human? What's animal? And what of the biology in betw...

Friday's report by the Academy of Medical Sciences on the increasingly fuzzy boundaries between the human and the animal is the latest in a long series of policy reflections on how to keep pace with developments in the biosciences. [...]