Science intends to tag all life
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A project is announced to obtain the genetic "barcodes" of all animals and plants on the planet.
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Radio frequency identification technology, which enables objects, pets and people to be tagged and tracked wirelessly, is likely to be ubiquitous in the not-so-distant future. Almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments.
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Nobel Laureate Wilkins, 87, played an important role in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that carries our &quot;life code&quot;, Kazinform refers to BBC News.
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If it works as promised, DNA bar coding will assist in the urgent task of cataloging unknown species before their ranks are decimated by extinction.
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Researchers have created an electronic contact lens that could be used as a display or a medical sensor.
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UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.
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Science & environment: An ambitious project to create the most detailed picture of human genetic variation yet has been launched by British and American scientists
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Interactive, detailed maps of the human brain and genome will spur new discoveries.
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Nanoparticles allow researchers to initiate biochemical events at will.
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died.
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Two Israelis and an American won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for discovering the method by which cells tag proteins that are defective or have outlived their usefulness and direct
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Evolutionary experiments on microbes are under way in many laboratories and scientists can observer bacteria adapt over 40,000 generations of living in a beaker.
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A remote Mars life-detection strategy is being tested in the fjords of Scandanavia, with a goal of eventually identifying even a single biological cell hiding in the rugged landscape.
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Researchers get a new tool to determine protein structures.
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Hoping to monitor penguins unobtrusively, scientists are testing a tag made of silicone rubber. Stainless steel tags used currently can impede the birds' ability to hunt.
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A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.