 S Korean biotech firm clones cancer-sniffing dogs |
| BEIJING, June18 (Xinhuanet) -- A South Korean
biotech firm announced it has successfully cloned four dogs capable of sniffing
out human cancers by using tissue from a Labrador retriever in Japan, media
reported Wednesday.
RNL Bio, a leader in...... (6/18/2008 8:49:51 AM) |
| Genetically modified human embryo stirs controversy |
| BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) --News that U.S.
scientists have for the first time produced genetically modified human embryo is
stirringcontroversy in the communities of scientists, ethicists, and
government officials.The GM embryo was created by...... (5/13/2008 8:25:45 AM) |
| Unseen for 112 years, dwarf cloud rat captured |
| Unseen in the canopies of tall trees in the Philippines for more than 112 years, a greater dwarf cloud rat has been found and captured in the island nation's Mount Pulag National Park.(FilePhoto) BEIJING, May 6
(Xinhuanet) -- Unseen in the canopies...... (5/6/2008 2:50:43 PM) |
| Study: Baby bird's chirping like baby's babbling |
| Zebra finches. (Xinhua/Reuters FilePhoto)BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- How baby birds learn to
sing is just like how babies learn to talk, researchers reported in Friday's
edition of the journal Science.Michale S. Feeat the Massachusetts Institute...... (5/2/2008 9:31:12 AM) |
| U.S. must decide on polar bear's listing as endangered |
| BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. District Court
Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland, California, ruled Monday that the Bush
administration must publish a final decision about whether to add the polar bear
to the endangered species list.It's been...... (4/30/2008 8:30:56 AM) |
| CAS researchers decode genome of a mosquito-killing bacterium |
| BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) Wuhan Institute of Virology (WHIOV) recently completed the genome sequencing of a mosquitocidal bacterium Bacillus sphaericus C3-41. The feat, first of its kind in...... (4/30/2008 7:45:35 AM) |
| Save animals, eat test-tube meat |
| PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists, from left, Filipino Katrina Lugartos, American national Istara Bon Gundry, and Canadian Ashley Fruno, clad partly with fresh lettuce, hold placards as they protest at a square in Manila,...... (4/22/2008 10:31:46 AM) |
| Rare frog absorbs oxygen through its skin |
| An undated handout combination image shows a Map of Borneo (A) showing the Indonesian portion, Kalimantan, in the South-Central part of the island, and (B) Barbourula kalimantanensis in anterior view, and (C) laternal view showing extreme...... (4/10/2008 1:43:01 PM) |
