Electric Sheep artificial life screensaver goes super hi-rez http://ff.im/d45Qs

Thermochemical nanolithography now allows multiple chemicals on a chip
[NEWS]Contact: David Terraso david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu 404-385-2966 Georgia Institute of Technology Allows controlled attachment of nano-objects to be performed weeks apart in any lab Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanolithographic...

I favorited a YouTube video -- Craig Venter - Creating Artificial Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1VNEgcWE8&feature=autoshare_twitter

Trends and variation in the management of oesophagogastric cancer patients: a population-based survey.
Background:Previous evidence indicates potential variation in the quality of care of cancer patients. We aimed to examine whether recent changes in the treatment of oesophagogastric cancers have been distributed equally among different patient...

Scientists suggest certain genes boost chances for distributing variety of traits, drive evolution
[NEWS]Contact: Christen Brownlee cbrownlee@jhmi.edu 410-955-7832 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Genes that don't themselves directly affect the inherited characteristics of an organism but leave them increasingly open to variation may be a...

Scientists uncover protective mechanism against liver cancer
[NEWS]Contact: Steve Benowitz sbenowitz@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California – San Diego A team of scientists from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Osaka University in Japan have identified a protein switch that helps prevent liver...

A new kind of micro-mobility
[NEWS]Contact: Jen Hirsch jfhirsch@mit.edu 617-253-1682 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Method of moving tiny particles using magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine A new microscopic system devised by researchers in...