the latest research in the nascent field of synthetic biology has thrown up a method to take photographs using bacterial film, which can detect nano-metre (one-billionth of a metre) features and print ultra-detailed images.

In Major Scientific Breakthrough, Japanese Develop Rats From Sperm Cells Generated By A Different Species. Truth is stranger than fiction. And to prove it, Japanese scientists have generated rats

India first stem cell transplant centre went on stream in chennai, Tamil Nadu where stem cells taken from a mother's womb during childbirth will be preserved as it is believed to have the

Palaeontologists have said that bird flight evolved using both front and hind limbs as wings. A new research by a University of Calgary palaeontologist has revealed that the earliest known ancestors

Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating

A US biotechnology company has developed a new way of creating stem cells without destroying human embryos, billing it as a potential solution to a contentious political and ethical debate. "This

Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skeleton of a 3-year-old female from the ape-man species represented by "Lucy'. The remains are 3.3 million years old, making them the oldest known

The first complete skeleton of an early human ancestor as a young child has been discovered in Ethiopia. The three year old girl, who died 3.3m years ago, walked on two legs but her upper body has

Sceintists have launched a multi-million dollar project to reduce flatulemce in cows, hoping that a drop in gas can help in the fight against global warming. The project aims ot breed more efficient

They could be the missing links of human genetic evolution

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