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UC Berkley Bioengineers Use LED Lights to Speed up DNA Replication
Nov 12, 2015New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with the switch of a light. ...
Tags: PCR, LED Lights
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Congratulations to Dr. Purucker for Receiving This Prestigious Award
Apr 14, 2014Today, Dr. Steven Thomas Purucker of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was honored as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
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Long-Snouted Bandringa Sharks to a Tropical Coastline to Spawn 310 Million Years Ago
Jan 8, 2014Like salmon in reverse, long-snouted Bandringa sharks migrated downstream from freshwater swamps to a tropical coastline to spawn 310 million years ago, leaving behind fossil evidence of one of the earliest known shark nurseries. That's ...
Tags: Bandringa sharks, shark nurseries, migration, ancient river delta system
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Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld Made a Statement Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jan 3, 2014In 2002, Secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld made a statement regarding weapons of mass destruction that today is still well known. He famously parsed the evidence (or lack thereof) into "known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." ...
Tags: weapons of mass destruction, evolutionary biology, Donald Rumsfeld
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The Big Leaf Mahogany -- From Extinction
Apr 4, 2012New research from the University of Adelaide could help protect one of the world's most globally threatened tree species -- the big leaf mahogany -- from extinction. Big leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is the most prized mahogany ...
Tags: market view, mahogany