llumina’s HiSeq 2000 genetic sequencing instrument. — Provided by Illumina Illumina dropped the price of human genome sequencing to $4000 in May, 2011 The new price is for individuals who are part of a group of at least 50 people who are sequenced for research purposes using Illumina’s HiSeq machines at the company’s laboratory in …
A main source of the 44 trillion watts of heat that flows from the interior of the Earth is the decay of radioactive isotopes in the mantle and crust. Scientists using the KamLAND neutrino detector in Japan have measured how much heat is generated this way by capturing geoneutrinos released during radioactive decay. Nature Geoscience …
The North Falkland Basin could contain 3.5 billion barrels of oil as well as having “significant gas potential.” There are 2500 residents on the island. The current estimated value of the oil is 280 billion. This is about $110 million worth of oil associated each Falkland Island resident. A war was fought in 1982 over …
Light rather than electrical current: The inner or outer surfaces of glass micropipettes can be coated with nanoparticles of a narrow-band-gap semiconductor. When visible or near-infrared light is used for excitation, these micropipettes (labeled PE Stim in the image) can activate nearby neurons (labeled *) in brain tissue without the damage associated with electrical stimulation. …