SciFri Radio: Biotechnology

SciFri Radio: Building Circuits Using DNA
Researchers take the first step towards using the structure of DNA to build tiny circuits.

SciFri Radio: Oil from Diatoms
Is it possible to engineer diatoms to secrete oil?

SciFri Radio: Stem Cell Research Funding Update
Will revised rules regarding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research have the intended effect?

SciFri Radio: 2008 Science News In Review
What were the biggest science stories of 2008 - and which flew under the radar? Ira and a panel of journalists look back on the year in science.

SciFri Radio: Synthetic Biology Competition
We'll get a sneak preview of a competition taking place this weekend at MIT in which high school students and undergraduate teams show off their...

SciFri Radio: Diabetes Research News
In this segment, we'll get the latest on efforts to control Type 2 diabetes.

SciFri Radio: Vitamin B3 and Alzheimers
In this segment, we'll hear about new research looking at ways to slow the effects of Alzheimer's.

SciFri Radio: The Evolution of Beer
In this segment, we'll talk with one of the authors of a new scientific study about genetics and beer, and about the genes behind lager beer styles...

SciFri Radio: Diabetes News
In this segment, we'll look at new research in the battle against diabetes, and efforts to cure Type 1 diabetes by regrowing islet cells.

SciFri Radio: Tobacco Plants Grow Cancer Vaccines
Researchers report that they've been able to use tobacco plants as biological factories to manufacture specialized proteins needed for an...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Biotechnology

Newsbrief: Squirrels Ward Off Snakes With Hot Tails
Squirrels use infrared radiation to intimidate rattlesnakes.

Newsbrief: Spotting Stress in Statues
A new way to target weak spots in statues could also work for bones, engines, and icebergs

Newsbrief: Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria

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