I don't think it is ethical bit DARPA is planning to "create an army of cyber-insects that can be remotely controlled to check out explosives and send transmissions."
They want to insert micro chips in the insects at their pupa stage and then w...
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Hacking Biochemistry of DNA to create Art…
Scientists have hacked the properties of DNA to create wonderful images.. They have manipulated it to resemble the map of Americas, similies and other things. They call this technology 'DNA Origami'. It is wonderful to see that apart from carryi...
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I want to read these articles on NewScientist.com : 1. [URL=http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925421.300&feedId=evolution_rss20]Are we still evolving?[/URL] 2. [URL=http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg1...
Nanotech hacks Biology via Nanobiotechnology..
Cryptic huh? It does not matter if the title is comprehensible to you or not, you cannot escape the reality. And the reality is that the bridge between living and non-living is blurring with the coming age of nanobiotechnology. You might say "I have hea...
Is Evolution Predictable?
Is the Life on earth somewhat unique? Or, if we could somehow find life on other celestial boides, they would be so radically diiferent that we won't even recognize them?
In [URL=http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060314_evo_repeats.html]this a...
Life without DNA?
We have been greatly conditioned to believe that the basis of life is DNA (or RNA in retroviruses). But what if I say that life has been found which is not made of DNA or RNA? To add to excitement, what if I say that the non-DNA life is not even earthly?...
More Answers than Questions…
While reading the book "Bioinformatics - A Begineer's Guide", I came across an intruiging paragraph. I thought I would share it would with you.
"" Sometimes browsing the Internet gives one the depressing feeling that everything has been done ...
Viruses are our Ancestors? – Hmm…
The news is doing rounds all around the web and it is indeed quite thought provoking and mind boggling discovery.. Before I tell you the news, here is an extract from one of the story:
""Scientists estimate that they have discovered and document...
RNAi as a method of Biohacking
See the next killer technology which can hack the existing machinery present in all cells to silence the effect of genes. This can prove to be useful in combating with HIV proteins/enzymes and preventing the expression of the genes corresponding to them....
RNA Editing
The generally percieved notion that DNA -> RNA -> Polypeptide is not true. The RNA can be edited before transcription and after RNA processing. So, the polypeptide is not 100% determined by the DNA sequence corresponding to it, it is also influened by t...