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Bioremediation needs serious studies

Aug 25 2010 | comment(s)

Factory waste, printing and dying industry waste, and bio-organic waste and now oil spills all require bacteria or complex of microbes to clean them as bacteria can utilize these products for their nutrient requirement. Bacteria may not be able to degrade these products completely but they can bring them to a stage where they are easily disposed. Its time more time and research is done on bioremediation If we could have enough information how to cure the oil spills with bacterial treatments it will save future disasters. Its time we undertake bioremediation as serious research topic.

ProNav Outmanoeuvres All To Bring A New Dimension To HGV Navigation

Aug 25 2010 | comment(s)

Global Crossing Announces Conference Call For GCUK's Second Quarter Financial Results

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Celebrity Beauties Joanna Lumley, Joss Stone And Lucy Davis Speak The Ugly Truth About Cruel Botox Animal Tests For The BUAV

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SEI To Provide Collateral Management Solution For OTC Derivatives

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Where Has Our Sleep Gone?

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FINCAD Market Data Expands Middle Eastern Coverage

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Gap In Standard Of Student Accommodation Widens Across The UK

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Edenred: Robust First-Half 2010 Results In An Uneven Economic Environment

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Enterprise Communication Company Telepo Accelerates Growth With New EUR10M Funding

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Woolworths Goes Live With MetricStream For Quality, Safety And Audit

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Why Don't Fish In The Arctic Ocean Freeze?

Aug 25 2010 | comment(s)

If the freezing point of fish blood is -0.9 ° Celsius, how are Antarctic fish able to keep moving at a temperature like -1.8 ° C?

You're not the only one to ask, researchers have wondered for 50 years, and it known that fish in the Arctic have a special sort of antifreeze, similar to what we put in cars, but just how these special frost protection proteins work has been unclear.

CMC Biologics Completes First Stage Of Expansion With Addition Of Single-Use Facility

Aug 25 2010 | comment(s)

Jezebel: When Men Watch Porn, They're Not Looking At What You'd Think

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Celebrity, Sex And Fashion for women - Gawker Media's Jezebel gets some Science 2.0:

What do men and women focus on when they see sexy pictures? Turns out, it's not what you'd expect.

NPR: Einstein, Bohr, And Ultimate Reality

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Theoretical Physicist Marcelo Gleiser, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy at Dartmouth College, writes about Einstein and Bohr and adds his own insight to one of my favorite series here on Science 2.0, by Don Howard - Revisiting The Einstein-Bohr Dialogue.

Microbes have eaten away the Gulf oil. (Please see my earlier blog also)

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Microbes work to mop up oil Some months ago I posted on the scientificblogging.com on my site that probably microbes have eaten the oil away. This was based on my interaction with Dr Banwari lal of TERI India who discovered and pioneered this mixture to scavenger the spilled oil. It was no wonder to me as almost all the organic material on the earth is eaten up by bacteria. Hydrocarbons also come in this category. Here again this view was supported by recent findings of Lawrence Berkley laboratory. I am quoting the report from Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and his colleagues found increases in several bacteria varieties degrading the hydrocarbons within the oil's reach.

Nature Network: How to write a neuroscience story for the public

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Start by scaring people about some digital stuff.
Then, over-hype some animal behavioral experiments that are difficult to translate to humans.

Rest on Nature Network

Brightstar And Euroset Sign Multi-Year Agreement

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

National Geographic: Your Hair Reveals Whether You're a Morning Person

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Body-clock gene reveals sleep cycles with just a pluck, study says. Early bird or late riser? The mysteries of your sleep cycle may be unlocked by the hairs on your head, says this National Geographic article, and that's because the genes that regulate our body clocks can be found in hair-follicle cells, researchers have discovered.

Ask Questions!

Aug 24 2010 | comment(s)

Last week in Tesero, in front of an audience of 150 interested laypersons, I spoke about the marvels of particle physics (the poster of the conference I gave is below, click to enlarge). My first slide made clear what I believe is the most important gift of a researcher -theorist or experimentalist- in fundamental science: