Biotechnology

The Inside View

The Inside View

01.05.2007

Math & Computer Science, Computer Vision, Biotechnology

"Seeing" computers might, in the future, help diagnose disease

An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down

Electricity's Free Ride

01.11.2003

Materials Science, Biotechnology

An electric current can flow forever in superconductors because nothing in them wears it down

Clockwise: Prof. Ehud Shapiro, Prof. Zvi Livneh, Dr. Tamar Paz-Elizur, Ph. D. student Yaakov Benenson and Dr. Rivka Adar. Guinness World Record

DNA Fuels Tiny Computing Machine

01.05.2003

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biotechnology

DNA is not only the "software" of the world's smallest computing device, it's also the fuel

Kenyan farmer in an experimental corn field

Uprooting Hunger in Africa

01.10.2002

Plants and Agriculture, Biotechnology

A parasite-fighting technique triples corn harvests on experimental plots

illustration: Trillion Computers in one drop

A Trillion Computers in One Drop

01.05.2002

Biochemistry, Genetics, Chemistry, Math & Computer Science, Encryption/Decryption, Biotechnology

Trillions of microscopic biological computers vigilantly patrolling your body in search of disease? Welcome to the brave new world of computer...

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Ada Yonath, photographed for the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, 2008. Credit: Micheline Pelletier/Corbis

Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

Credit: XENON Collaboration/Luigi Di Carlo

A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies

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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies

When the Gut Can’t Forget: A New Mechanism Promoting Inflammatory Bowel Disease