Blue eyes result of ancient genetic ‘mutation’

Frank Sinatra, Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie and Stephen Fry all owe their blue eyes to a genetic mutation that likely occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, researchers say.
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E.coli a future source of energy?

By genetically modifying the bacteria, Thomas Wood, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has “tweaked” a strain of E. coli so that it produces substantial amounts of hydrogen.
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Method created to directly sequence RNA

German scientists have developed a method that might lead to the direct sequencing…
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3D Animation of HIV Infection

Just in case you are interested in knowing more about the mechanisms of HIV infection, how it targets and enters cells and how it replicates, here is a very interesting video that, although in a simple way, explains it all.
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Scientists find plant gene that affects stress resistance

The study
—published this month in the top-ranked plant journal The Plant Cell—could pave the way for development of agricultural and forestry crops that are more tolerant to environmental stresses such as ultra-violet light and other types of radiation.
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DNA Molecules Display Telepathy-like Quality

DNA molecules can display what almost seems like telepathy, research now reveals.
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Back to blogging with biophilessurf

First of all a very happy new year to everyone!
For the past several days I was preoccupied with a good many assignments that kept me away from posting articles on the blog. But the burden of many of them have been shed, and I hope I would be able to resume my activities on this [...]

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