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Find the fountain of youth; get a million dollars

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) prize challenging scientists to discover the ‘elixir of life’ and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of......

3 Indian Americans helped create artificial life

Three Indian scientists were part of the 24-member team that developed the first synthetic bacterial genome. The three researchers of Indian-origin were Sanjay Vashee, Radha Krishnakumar and......

Scientists a step closer to artificial life

Scientists have created the first man-made synthetic DNA structure -- one of the three key steps towards the formation of artificial life. The researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in......

World Tech award for NRI scientist

Subhendu Guha won this year's World Technology Award in Energy for his innovative work on the science and technology of thin films made of silicon-based crystals and on solar cells. The winners of......

Who will win 2003 Nobel Prizes?

Is there any way to predict who will be named Nobel Laureates this year?Thomson ISI, the pioneer of citation indexing, has attempted to do so by naming its 2003 Citation Laureates, says Business......

Who's afraid of Synthia?

Venter's patent application for his synthetic cell creation has set off a frenzied debate on monopolies in genetic research, writes Latha Jishnu. Every time Craig Venter erupts on the scene, there......

Country needs biotech policy: Kalam

President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said the country needed a national biotech policy for tapping the full potential of the science and utilising it for economic development.The policy should......

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