BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Man who helped unlock DNA dies (#)
„It's hard to over-estimate the importance of Francis Crick to modern biology. It's not just that he discovered the mechanics of various biochemical processes: his "central dogma" of information flow in living systems showed us what his, and others', discoveries meant, and pointed the way for the whole of molecular biology. He unlocked and explained the fundamental mechanism underlying genetics and evolution.“
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BBC News | BUSINESS | Starbucks takes on its critics
„"A reputation is a lot easier to lose than it is to gain." Making concessions Starbucks has listened, and has gone to great lengths to eliminate products with GM content. The fact of the matter is, we have always paid prices at or above Fair Trade level Orin Smith, Starbucks chief executive In Europe, labelling is now mandatory. But it's not in the United States, and for Starbucks, it's not so easy. The company's chief executive, Orin Smith, points out that they are supplied by more than five hundred different bakeries, and that many US wheat and corn farmers use genetically modified seeds.“
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Amazon.com: Books: Basic Clinical Radiobiology
„The new edition's coverage of recent advances in molecular biology will be of particular importance to trainee and qualified professional alike. The reader of the second edition will find a concise outline of the biological basis of radiotherapy, put together by a team of highly esteemed biologists, the majority of whom are involved in the European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) courses on Basic Radiation Oncology. This second edition uses the same clear and concise style famialiar from its predecessor. Each chapter has a bibliography of key papers, a summary box of key points, and the same high ratio of figures to text that the first edition had.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.“
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | GM decaf coffee plant created
„But according to the trade body, the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), several major questions remain - not least over how the cost of the GM technology will compare with the industrial decaffeination process used currently. Bitter battle Pablo Dubois, from the ICO, said: "The global market for coffee is about $70bn a year, and decaf makes up about 10% of that. "The main issue would be the economics - is it going to be cheaper to buy GM seeds and grow them than to decaffeinate coffee as we do now?" Other researchers, some in commercial companies, have been working on GM decaf for several years. But Professor Alan Crozier, from the biochemistry department in Glasgow University, UK, says this is the first credible evidence that the GM decaffeination concept actually works.“
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BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - Perfect festive wine
„"It needs to be kept airtight then you can pour it off through a coffee filter - you can't make a mistake, just do it," he said.You can't keep it in a decanter for too long, just one week means it loses a lot of its flavour complexities, so you do really need to have a decent amount of people around.Even though Christmas is now dominated by cream liquers after dinner, Phil urged that whisky should not be forgotten - and there are few things better than a decent single malt.As an after dinner malt, Laphroaig is a top selection (and a nice present, if the family are reading), which starts at £22, and The Glenrothes is another excellent Scotch - the 1989 bottle is particularly recommended.“
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