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Transparent Frog: organ development in(-)sight

By Antonio Marques • Oct 4th, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A research group from the Hiroshima University, and led by Professor Masayuki Sumida, has created what is to be considered the first four-legged animal with transparent skin. The breakthrough was achieved by successively mating two Japanese Brown Frogs (Rana [...]



Extreme Male Brain - Autism linked to high foetal testosterone levels

By Antonio Marques • Sep 11th, 2007

Today, during the BA Festival of Science 2007, researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) presented what can be the first correlation between foetal testosterone and autistic traits.



Salt Water as fuel? A closer reality

By Antonio Marques • Sep 10th, 2007

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to fill your car’s tank with salt water instead of the expensive and polluting gas?

Well, it may be closer than you think.



Stem Cells to repair the Heart

By Antonio Marques • Sep 8th, 2007

photo by Janet 59

Stem cells can be defined, in a simple way, as cells that have the capacity to renew themselves as well as differentiate into any other cell type in the organism (although every cell shares the same genetic material, as they differentiate, certain genes are turned on or off, giving cells the specific [...]