Land Rover Going Green

Seeded on Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:13 PM EDT (Cars - Blogs.ca)

The race against the clock is on for Land Rover to adapt itself to a world where CO2 emissions count.

technology, auto, green, environment, cars, suv, automotive, land-rover, co2

Mercedes May Cut A-Class or Partner with MINI?

Seeded on Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:05 PM EDT (cars.blogs.ca)

BMW is looking for a brand to partner up with MINI, and one possibility could be Mercedes-Benz. BMW is in a bit of a tight spot with the MINI. If it can't keep its capacity running at 100-percent, its parent company is set to lose big bucks.

business, canada, auto, car, cars, blog, bmw, mercedes, automotive, mini

Official BMW 1-Series Press Release

Seeded on Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:46 PM EDT (cars.blogs.ca)

Thanks to the die-hard fans over at 1Addicts, the official BMW press release for the BMW 1-Series has leaked its way onto the internet a day early.

business, canada, auto, car, cars, blog, bmw, automotive, 1-series, 135i

VW Tiguan Being Tested in Namibian Desert

Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 2:13 PM EDT (cars.blogs.ca)

Volkswagen's forthcoming compact sport utility vehicle, the Tiguan is turning out to be more of a baby Touareg and less of a Rabbit on stilts.

business, canada, auto, car, volkswagen, cars, desert, blog, automotive, vw

Mazda's Nagare Shows New

Seeded on Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:56 PM EST (cars.blogs.ca)

It's good to know that automakers are still making true blue concept vehicles, and the Mazda Nagare is defiantly one of them. It's Mazda's big debut for LA, and it's all different kinds of interesting.

business, canada, auto, car, tech, cars, mazda, automobile, automotive, concept

MIT Develops Pathogen Killing Paint

Seeded on Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:21 PM EST (biotech.blogs.ca)

Alexander Klibanov and his colleagues from MIT have created a paint-on polymer that mechanically destroys bacteria and viruses. The polymer creates a bed of nano-scale spines that pierce holes in the membranes of bacteria and the protein coats of viruses.

canada, health, science, bacteria, biotech, paint, virus, bioscience, biotechnology, mit

Plugs Won't Replace Pumps - At Least for Now

Seeded on Mon Nov 6, 2006 6:41 PM EST (cars.blogs.ca)

The idea of an 'electric car' has always evoked a particular image, one reminiscent of a 1960s 'car of the future!' spread in Popular Science.

technology, business, canada, auto, toyota, tech, parking, cars, automobile, automotive

Hotter TT On The Way

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 2:37 PM EST (cars.blogs.ca)

So, what about this Audi TT-RS? Well, from what we understand, it's powered by a 2.5-litre inline-five, derived from Audi's personal bullpen, Lamborghini.

technology, business, canada, auto, tech, cars, audi, lamborghini, automobile, automotive

Yeah, It's a Turbine... Jay Leno's New EcoJet Concept

Seeded on Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:49 PM EST (cars.blogs.ca)

I really wish I was in Jay Leno's shoes, not only is the man famous and rich, but he loves cars.

technology, business, canada, auto, gm, tech, cars, general-motors, jay-leno, automobile

European Commission Requires GM Testing of US Long Grain Rice

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:37 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

This is fair enough, since the GM rice should have been kept under better control, but I am sick of people reacting to it like it's an untested poison. Even the EU is saying it is not harmful for consumption.

canada, rice, health, science, biotech, bioscience, biotechnology, gmo, biotech-news, genetic-modified

Insights on Why Some Bacteria are Magnetic

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:35 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory and Purdue University undertook the task of figuring out why some bacteria are naturally magnetic. Microbiologists have known about these bacteria for quite sometime, but were not exactly sure why they had this property.

canada, science, purdue, bacteria, biotech, bioscience, magnetic, biotechnology, biotech-news

Red Cross Warns EU to Halt the Spread of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Seeded on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:21 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

The secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued a warning to the European Union leaders to halt the spread of tuberculosis. TB is an extremely deadly and contagious respiratory disease, but it is curable for now.

eu, canada, drug, who, europe, health, science, tuberculosis, world-health-organization, biotech

Fast-Healing Gel Derived from Maggot Enzymes

Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:51 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Stephen Britland from the University of Bradford and his research team have discovered that removing dead flesh is not the maggot's only secret to speeding up the healing process.

canada, health, science, biotech, bioscience, bradford, biotechnology, maggot, healing, enzymes

Archon X PRIZE for Genomics Announced

Seeded on Fri Oct 6, 2006 12:41 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

The contestants are challenged with the task of creating a process that can successfully map 100 human genomes in 10 days. No small feat considering that the first human genome to be sequenced took 13 years and cost around $3 billion.

canada, human-genome, tech, x-prize, science, biotech, genetics, bioscience, gene, genome

The Current State of Corn-Based Fuel: We're All Ears

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 3:59 PM EDT (cars.blogs.ca)

GM has latched onto E-85, an 85% blend of corn-based ethanol with regular petroleum, as the way into consumers' hearts. On paper, it's perfect.

business, canada, auto, fuel, green, cars, general-motors, ethanol, corn, automotive

Canadian Biotech Leaders Looking for Tax Breaks

Seeded on Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:16 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Over 50 Canadian biotech leaders will be calling on federal politicians this week to increase funding and decrease taxes for their industry. They are hoping that the tax breaks will be an incentive for emerging biotech companies to spur an increase in medical developments.

canada, taxes, health, science, federal, canadian, tax-break, biotech, bioscience, biotechnology

Yet Another Attempt Towards Ethical Stem Cells

Seeded on Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:57 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

In a hope to ease ethical concerns, scientists have created a stem cell line from embryos that have stopped dividing naturally. These embryos have died of natural causes, but still have living cells that can be used to create stem cells.

canada, stem-cells, research, science, stem, cells, biotech, bioscience, biotechnology, embryos

Biodiesel from Bacteria

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:30 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Alexander Steinbuchel and his colleagues from the University of Munster in Germany have created a strain of bacteria that is able to produce biodiesel from plant oils. Biofuels from bacteria could greatly increase the efficiency of using them as an alternate energy source.

technology, canada, germany, research, bacteria, biotech, bioscience, biodiesel, biotechnology, biofuel

Ancient Viral DNA May be Essential to Mammal Reproduction

Seeded on Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:11 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

A recent experiment supports the theory that certain DNA sequences in mammals, which originated from ancient retroviruses, played a key role in the evolution of the placenta.

canada, science, dna, embryo, biotech, virus, texas-a-m, bioscience, retrovirus, biotechnology

smart Develops Monster Truck ForTwo

Seeded on Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:58 PM EDT (cars.blogs.ca)

Now that the smart range has been whittled down from a three-car product portfolio to just a single model, you might expect the economy brands engineers and marketing men to focus on the fortwo.

canada, auto, odd-news, cars, automotive, smart, fortwo, car-news, smart-fortwo, monster-truck

Twinstrand Therapeutics Inc Receives Over Two Million Dollars for Ricin Antidote

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:07 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Twinstrand Therapeutics Inc. was awarded a two-year $2.2 M CND contract to develop a human antibody to ricin poisoning. A U.S.

canada, usa, science, biotech, bioscience, poison, biotechnology, ricin, biotech-news, twinstrand

Help Wanted: Looking for Researchers to Create Life

Seeded on Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:16 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Anthony C. Forster and George M. Church proposed that a living cell should be created entirely from simple molecules. Once more research is done; they plan to build a living system that only contains simple molecules and genes that are absolutely essential to life.

canada, research, science, cell, biotech, bioscience, gene, molecules, biotechnology, genomics

Researchers Track How Drugs are Released into Cells Using Fluorescent Imaging

Seeded on Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:31 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

Researchers at Purdue University have, for the first time, discovered a visual method of tracking exactly how a drug is released into a cell. This discovery will aid in the creation of very specific drugs that are only delivered to targeted diseased cells.

canada, health, purdue, biotech, bioscience, biotechnology, fluorescent, biotech-news

Chinese Biotech Company Reveals Positive Results for Bird Flu Vaccine

Seeded on Fri Sep 8, 2006 12:59 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

An experimental vaccine developed by Chinese scientists has produced an immune response in healthy people to the H5N1 avian flu virus. Sinovac Biotech Co. Ltd. released early trial results in The Lancet medical journal today.

canada, pandemic, vaccine, bird-flu, science, biotech, h5n1, biotechnology, bio-tech, biotech-news

Ultrasound Aids in Drug Delivery, Makes Holes in Cells

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 5:11 PM EDT (biotech.blogs.ca)

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in Atlanta have reported that ultrasound can be used to allow easier passage of drugs into cells. An outer membrane usually prevents large molecules from entering cells, unless a specific transport protein is present.

canada, health, cells, medicine, dna, biotech, bioscience, gene-therapy, biotechnology, ultrasound

– Show More