CDC action at germ lab questioned

"At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new $214 million infectious disease laboratory in Atlanta, scientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape."

Scientists dance as Mars Lander gets dirt into lab

"After days of struggling with sticky Martian dirt, the Phoenix Mars Lander has unexpectedly succeeded in getting its first soil sample into an onboard laboratory for analysis, jubilant NASA scientists said on Wednesday.The breakthrough came after the lander spent days...

Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab

This brings to mind lectures my mother gave me about not leavingdirty plates or pizza crusts laying about in my room lest they growsomething. We'll it's a fortuitous thing that at least one persondidn't do what they were told."Amajor evolutionary innovation has unfurled right...

Palm opens its Virtual Developer Lab

If you're a software developer or have a need to collaborate online, Palm has a new mobile offering that might help you out. They've developed a virtual lab, where users can meet, talk and swap ideas as well as complete tests and make tweaks."If you're Palm, a mobile platform...

Palm Opens its Virtual Developer Lab

If you're a software maker or need to collaborate online at any time, the new palm platform might be the answer. It promises a virtual lab, a place where users can connect together and work remotely, complete tests and make tweaks."If you're Palm, a mobile platform and device...

A Heart from Spare Parts

Roadworthy on a rebuilt title: a functioning heart made from stem cells and the outer body of a donor heart; in this case, a rat's."The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it. Scientists removed all the muscle cells...

Lab creates 'long-distance mouse'

"A genetically modified "supermouse" which can run twice as far as a normal rodent has been created by scientists working in the US. It also lives longer, and breeds later in life compared with its standard laboratory cousin. The research has been conducted at Case Western...