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Strong and slimy

By Stephen Ornes / January 10, 2013

Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish

Posted in Technology & Engineering | Tagged Atsuko Negishi, Canada, Douglas Fudge, fabric, getinvolved, goo, hagfish, material science, materials, mucus, National Museum of New Zealand, ooze, predators, proteins, slime, threads, topstories, University of Guelph

The rest of your DNA

By Stephen Ornes / September 25, 2012

An international team of scientists has determined that a good chunk of our DNA may act as switches that turn genes “on” and “off.” Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged cells, DNA, ENCODE, Eric Green, gene, genetic material, genetics, genome, getinvolved, human genome, National Human Genome Research Institute, proteins, topstories