The genetic code of most of organism is same. I believe that nature doesn't do anything for random. Then why is the genetic code the way it is? There has to be some purpose behind it. I mean why there are 3 stop codons (UAA, UAG, UGA) and just one star...
All posts in March 2006
Jeev – The Online Life Sciences Magazine launched…
For the past 3-4 days I was very busy with the wrapping up the inagural issue of Jeev. It is an online life sciences magazine launched by me and my batch mates at college. I feel so happy and satisfied now........ For the past 3-4 days I was very busy w...
The Future of Computing
See [URL=http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/futurecomputing/index.html]Nature's Special issue[/URL] on Future of Computing. I will read it soon and make sure you read it too. Stay updated with the future. ...
The Selfish Gene completes turns 30…
This year, recently, the classic and einsteinian book turned thirty. The book which I am talking about is 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins. The reason why I call the book einteinian is because it redefined not just the evolutionary biology ...
Self-Aware rover in Mars may cheat humans..
First of all check out the news story at nature: http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060313/full/060313-11.html
Do you smell something fishy here? Well, I certainly do. The NASA people are planning to let the rovers decide which images are interesting...
A formal definition of Synthetic Biology
A study is being conducted to define various areas and aspects in the new field of "synthetic biology". According to the report, [I]"Synthetic biology is the engineering of biological components and systems that do not exist in nature and the re-engi...
Why Exams?
We really hate exams. We don't understand the purpose of exams. Why don't those guys believe that we relish knowledge. So testing us for that is an assault on our pride.
Exams test for knowledge. But what are they exactly testing for: generalisa...
Fooling bacteria into powering tiny robots..
The story starts with: "A strain of bacteria that releases electrons as a waste product could become the secret ingredient for developing fuel cells for spy drones and other small robots."
It continues:
""Researchers at Rice University ...
Virus hacked to act as an electronic capacitor
Researchers have successfully hacked the spherical property of the mosaic virus to their advantage. They have used the readily available spherical surface of the virus to anchor iron atoms to make a nanoparticle. The iron atoms on the surface can store e...
Bacteria V/S Bacteria
Researches are planning to pit "good" bacteria against "bad" bacteria [i]salmonella[/o]. I must admit, this is also one of the biohacks which can save lives (of chickens). The good bacteria essentialy fights by not fighting. Well, this means they get...