Mar 3, 2016 07:02 PM
Scientists discover an ancestral 'life gene' found in ALL living things - and without it we would still be slime
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...slime.html
EXCERPT: What do you have in common with a dung beetle, a monkey tree and a blue whale? The answer is an ancestral gene that could have been the key to life as we know it. Researchers have identified an ancestral gene common to all life on the planet that enabled the evolution of advanced living organisms. Without it, they said the most advanced life on the globe could still be green slime....
Glow-in-the-dark bacteria to illuminate shops, signs and public spaces
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...ights.html
EXCERPT: Imagine walking through the city at night with shops and buildings bathed in an eerie blue-green glow. That's the vision of French startup Glowee, which promises to use glowing bacteria rather than electricity to light up the darkness. The Paris-based firm claims its glow-in-the-dark bacteria can help to curb light pollution, reduce electricity demand and make shops and advertising more visible at night....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...slime.html
EXCERPT: What do you have in common with a dung beetle, a monkey tree and a blue whale? The answer is an ancestral gene that could have been the key to life as we know it. Researchers have identified an ancestral gene common to all life on the planet that enabled the evolution of advanced living organisms. Without it, they said the most advanced life on the globe could still be green slime....
Glow-in-the-dark bacteria to illuminate shops, signs and public spaces
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...ights.html
EXCERPT: Imagine walking through the city at night with shops and buildings bathed in an eerie blue-green glow. That's the vision of French startup Glowee, which promises to use glowing bacteria rather than electricity to light up the darkness. The Paris-based firm claims its glow-in-the-dark bacteria can help to curb light pollution, reduce electricity demand and make shops and advertising more visible at night....