Environmentally friendly flatulence
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The New South Wales state government in Australia is researching on ways to control the livestock methane emissions in order to prevent the warming effects of all of sources of greenhouse gases. The cattle-breeding industry in Australia is listing the results of feeding efficiency tests as a selling point for some bulls at market, as the concept has the potential to save farmers plenty of money.
Publication Name: The Scientist
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-3670
Year: 2006
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The DNA behind DNA
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The article discusses about 454 Life Sciences developing Genome Sequencer 20 and sequencing of celebrities for their DNA and how the common individual person is left behind, giving the impression that it has not fulfilled what genomics is all about - improving peoples health.
Publication Name: The Scientist
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-3670
Year: 2007
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Use the force, bacteria
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Australian postdoc Nate Lo and his colleagues discovered a new species of bacteria which lives inside mitochondria of ticks. Lo and his colleagues named the organism as Midichloria mitochondrii, which was inspired by George Lucas's Star Wars.
Publication Name: The Scientist
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0890-3670
Year: 2006
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