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Robo-scientist makes gene discovery--on its own

News Scientists designed "Adam" to carry out scientific research automatically, without the need for further human intervention.

Friday, April 03 2009 10:02 AM

Tags: Robot, Robotics, Bot, Robot, Yeast, Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge, U.K., researcher, scientist


Gates foundation to promote synthetic biology

News  Most people associate E. coli with bad chicken, but researchers say the microbe can be used to produce new drugs.

Tuesday, December 14 2004 10:22 AM

Tags: Business applications



Use shades of gray to enhance scale in Excel

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Excel's palette is generous, but don't throw buckets of pigment all over your spreadsheets just because you can.


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Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon

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Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our..... by Nathaniel Forbes

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