Favorite Biotechnology Tweets

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From Science North ?@ScienceNorth: The West Nile virus has recently been found in Northern Ontario. Staff Scientist Bruce Doran helps us understand… http://fb.me/1WR2yhPqR From The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Public forum: The Future of Translational Medicine and Drug Discovery: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? http://bit.ly/STIuKm From Genome Alberta Our latest [...]

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Stanford Researchers Make Heart Implant Powered
by Radio Waves, Put Batteries Out of a Job

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 03 September 2012 09:41:51 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Engadget: Batteries used to be the only way to power implantable gadgets, but additional surgeries are needed to replace the power packs once their juice runs out -- a less-than-ideal solution for patients. Recent discoveries, however, have such medgadgets being powered by photons,

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Temba, his spiral arms wide

post from Bad Astronomy on 03 September 2012 09:02:51 AM. © Bad Astronomy

Lying roughly 50 million light years from Earth is the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 5033. Although that distance is a soul-crushing 500 quintillion kilometers, it’s actually relatively close by on the cosmic scale. Close enough that a lot of[...]

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If 2013 breaks heat record, how will deniers
respond

post from New Scientist - Environment on 03 September 2012 07:02:00 AM. © New Scientist - Environment

With an El Niño on the way, 2013 could be the warmest year on record. But the climate-denial machine will keep on churning, warns Stefan Rahmstorf

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Waste water harnessed to make electricity and
plastics

post from New Scientist - Environment on 03 September 2012 04:00:00 AM. © New Scientist - Environment

The treatment of waste water can be used to create energy and biodegradable plastics

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How to Select Electric Brakes

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 03 September 2012 01:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

I was trying to think of a clever title for this post, but it's the Friday before a long weekend and I'm excited for a vacation. The electric breaks selection guide was one of the first guides I completed at GlobalSpec; it was a labor of love and I learned a lot! Now I would love to share an a

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Double Yolk Eggs Are Two Yolks Better Than One

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 03 September 2012 01:00:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

"I have a hen that lays a lot of double yolk eggs!! Seriously, I get a few a week. Do you know if that's common?"When I run low on ideas for the Animal Science blog I often seek out suggestions from friends. Lori of The Salon Experience asked this question about double yolk eggs. Right away

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Bendable Batteries

Battery technology is something I tend to take for granted. Without it, I couldn't run my car or my cell phone or my mp3 player or (heaven forbid) my watch. And the technology has come a long way since its invention in 1800; from Alessandro Volta's expansive setup of electrochemical cells all

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