Bid for Better Beef Gives Japan a Leg Up on Cattle

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Following the first successful cloning of an adult animal in 1997 there have been many attempts by the Japanese to clone cattle. Yukio Tsunoda, a professor at Kinki University in Nara, Japan, and a team of researchers have published a report detailing their attempts to clone eight calves from the cells of an adult cow. The research has many implications for science as well as for Japan's livestock industry.

Japan, Research, Cloning, Cattle

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New Ground-Based Arrays to Probe Cosmic Powerhouses

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The designs of telescopes have in the past hindered scientists to clearly observe gamma rays and infernoes caused by the black hole. Featured are deatils of the construction of high-powered instruments that are ground-based which will ease and clarify views of gamma rays. The importance of these rays and what they provide for astronomers are given.

Design and construction, Telescope, Telescopes, Observations, Gamma rays

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China's Science Reforms: The View From the Top

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Zhu Lilan, a polymer chemist and China's first minister of science and technology, emphasizes that China's aim is to make use of new technologies for economic growth. Given that goal, it becomes necessary for the country's scientists to justify their work and to clarify how it fits into China's long range plans.

China, Interview, Science and technology policy, Public officers, Government officials, Zhu Lilan

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