Q&A: The meaning of synthetic life. 20 May 2010Last updated at 19:22 The synthetic DNA is in complete control of the new cells Researchers in the US have developed the first synthetic living cell.
Their work, which many scientists have called a landmark study, is a key step towards the design and creation of new living things. BBC News examines the issues raised by this controversial breakthrough. Have these scientists created synthetic life? They are calling this a synthetic living cell. This bacterial cell, the researchers say, is the first life form to be entirely controlled by synthetic DNA. Continue reading the main story The scientists "decoded" the chromosome of an existing bacterial cell - using a computer to read each of the letters of genetic code. They copied this code and chemically constructed a new synthetic chromosome, piecing together blocks of DNA.
The team inserted this chromosome into a bacterial cell which replicated itself. BACK 1 of 3 NEXT What will the scientists do with these synthetic bacteria? Vehicles of the future go on show at Rockingham Speedway. Japanese tsunami survivors six months on – interactive. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country. One Sunday during the Thatcher era, I was on my way up the aisle to communion.
My little son was toddling along in front of me. In the reverent silence that falls after the hymn has finished, he put back his head and yelled: "Maggie! Maggie! Maggie! Out! It was the same at work. Real dictators have to pay artists to mythologise them. Now she's gone and there are firework celebrations, a classic graffito in Belfast ("Iron Lady – Rust in Peace") and Ding Dong! So what should an artist do? There is nothing more subversive than a definition of happiness, a vision of how things could be better. The British have many happy memories of state intervention. We are not Sid. In the 1930s, Orwell rightly took the left to task for transferring its patriotism to the Soviet Union. It is time to stop going on about the witch being dead and start imagining what might lie over the rainbow. Frank Cottrell Boyce is a screenwriter and novelist.
100 Most Breathtaking Fireworks in The World. The most anticipated moment during every festival and event celebration countdown is definitely the second where fireworks are set off at the stroke of midnight.
The combination of these beautiful colored flames and twinkling sparks are indescribably stunning. Its captivating movement and pattern transformation is worth every moment of watching, even though most of them don’t last more than 10 minutes. Thanks to professional photographers all over the world, the most beautiful moment of firework displays are captured and we’re able to see them as if we are witnessing a live extravagant firework display.
Here we present 100 Most Breathtaking Fireworks in The World. Full list after jump. New Years Eve 2005 at secret location, taken by Mr Magoo ICU The house is one of those famous Seattle houseboats. At Bradley’s Head, Sydney Australia at midnight, taken by Vlad. Fireworks over Bundek, taken by esens. At Disneyland Resort Anaheim, California, taken by Express Monorail (°O°Joe). The internet at 40. Is the internet re-writing history? 30 September 2011Last updated at 05:31 By Catrin Nye BBC Asian Network Pupils in London and Liverpool air their views to Demos senior researcher Jamie Bartlett Osama Bin Laden is not dead; 9/11 was an inside job; and police were slow to tackle this summer's rioters as an excuse to lock up a whole raft of young black men.
Conspiracy theories like these are nothing new; opposing views to the official line given by authorities are in fact crucial in exposing deceptions. However, independent think tank Demos says that young people do not know how to navigate this information when it appears on the Internet. "We have something like a Wild West on the internet," says Jamie Bartlett, senior researcher at Demos. "There's a huge amount of very trustworthy, academic, good bits of journalism [on the internet], more than ever before, which is extremely liberating. But at the same time, equal proportions of distortions, propaganda, lies, mistruths, half-truths and all sorts of rubbish. Spectacular Time Lapse Dam "Removal" Video. BAE Systems develops invisibility cloak - 06 Sep 2011. Scientists at BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence company, claim they have developed a Star Trek -style "invisibility cloak" that makes tanks and other combat machines invisible to enemies.
The invisibility cloak, called Adaptiv, is a high-tech camouflage that covers the tank and makes use of on-board thermal cameras to capture a tank's surroundings. The cameras instruct the camouflage cloak, which is made up of hexagonal pixel panels able to to change temperature quickly, to mimic their surroundings accordingly. This allows vehicles to evade infra-red sensors and makes it difficult for enemies to detect them at night. The technology, funded by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, can also make tanks look like a cow. In a statement, Peder Sjölund, the stealth tank's project leader, said that earlier attempts at similar cloaking technologies encountered problems because of cost and extensive power requirements.