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US team creates first 'synthetic life'Washington (AFP) May 20, 2010 US researchers have developed the first self-replicating bacteria cell controlled by a synthetic genome, but denied Thursday they were playing God or seeking to recreate life in a test-tube. "This is the first synthetic cell that's been made," said lead researcher Craig Venter, unveiling the culmination of 15 years of research. "We call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with inform ... read more |
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Novato CA (SPX) May 21, 2010When given a choice, organisms will choose a diet that maintains a nutritional balance in tune with their needs. That choice, studied in fruit flies for the first time, is regulated by activity in a molecular pathway involved in aging, cancer and diabetes. The research undertaken in fruit flies at the Buck Institute for Age Research has implications for humans, who share the same molecular pathw ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 21, 2010The ancestor of all hammerhead sharks probably appeared abruptly in Earth's oceans about 20 million years ago and was as big as some contemporary hammerheads, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. But once the hammerhead evolved, it underwent divergent evolution in different directions, with some species becoming larger, some smaller, and the distinctive ha ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2010The upper layer of Earth's ocean has warmed since 1993, indicating a strong climate change signal, according to a new international study co-authored by oceanographer Josh Willis of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The energy stored is enough to power nearly 500 100-watt light bulbs for each of the roughly 6.7 billion people on the planet. "We are seeing the global ocean ... more |
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Merkel to campaign for markets tax at G20Berlin (AFP) May 20, 2010 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she would lead a campaign for a tax on financial markets at the next summit of the Group of 20 major economies in June and called for international support. Speaking at a conference on financial regulation here, Merkel said: "We have now stated that we will campaign for a tax on the financial markets and we will campaign for that at our (G20) summit in Canada." She did not specify whether she was seeking a financial activity tax, which would cover pr ... read more |
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