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BioInformatics – Part 1

By On October 6, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bioinformatics uses advances in the areas of computer science and information technology to solve complex problems in life sciences and particularly in biotechnology. In the past decades the field of genomics, and more recently, proteomics have matured to the point where research methodologies have grown in reliability and sophistication while the cost per analyses [...]

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The Small Giant – Nanotechnology

By On October 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nanotechnology or Nanoscience is the science of the extremely small – objects smaller than 100 nanometres (0.00001 cm). At these scales, the properties of materials change dramatically. Factors such as Brownian motion, surface stickiness and quantum effects become important.

Nanotechnologies are based on a range of [...]

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How small is Earth?

By On September 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Great pic that just goes to show how small we (earth) really are.

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