StepChange Innovations blog covers innovations and issues in biology
Another brilliant example of a new material for camouflage colour effects, inspired by nature. Scientists at the University of California have created a thin, flexible material that changes colour when stretched or bent. It has potential for the future of camouflage,
The 2013 Nobel Prizes in natural sciences have been awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In physics, the Nobel Prize was awarded for the theoretical model which gives mass to all particles. In chemistry, the Nobel Prize was awarded for pioneering work in computational chemistry. In medicine, the Nobel Prize was awarded for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in cells.
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that human genes cannot be patented, drawing a red line between naturally occurring DNA sequences and artificial genes created in the lab.
15 year old teenager Jack Andraka invented a pancreatic cancer test many times faster, considerably cheaper and more accurate than the current testing standard in today’s standard cancer diagnostics.
The Nobel prizes 2012 in chemistry, physics and medicine have been awarded