California Institute of Technology researchers have developed the building blocks for DNA-based logic gates, amplifiers, and other nanoelectronic circuits.The approach could be embedded in biochemical logic circuits and “used to amplify weak sign.

- Molecular ‘amplifier’ boosts DNA computing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers meeting for a second day on Thursday look set to hold borrowing costs steady as they monitor risks that U.S. inflation could rekindle and that economic growth may stall.

- Fed seen on hold as core inflation edges lower

How does Scooter Libby’s outcome stack up against Paris Hilton and Lil’ Kim’s? Has justice really been served?

- Did Paris Hilton And Lil’ Kim Get It Worse Than Scooter Libby?

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a novel way to test drug toxicity by monitoring the behavior of embryonic stem cells exposed to a drug-candidate compound.Testing the toxicity of pharmaceutical candidates in lab rats bef.

- Testing Drugs with Stem Cells

Eight out of 10 people living in Scotland think affordable rented housing is in short supply, according to a poll.

- Housing shortage concerns public

Reuters - Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time it hosts the 2008 Olympics, many of them evicted against their will, a rights group said on Tuesday, prompting a sharp denial by China.

- Beijing to evict 1.5 million for Olympics: group
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Google and Microsoft are working up plans to improve the nation’s health care.By combining better Internet search tools, Web resources, and online personal health records, both companies are betting they can enable people to make smarter choices. Dr. Google and Dr. Microsoft

The Nation - The Nation — Before Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans and ruined many of its cultural landmarks, people from all over the city — all over the country, in fact — would flock to the Bywater section to see trumpeter Kermit Ruffins’ weekly gig. Bush to New Orleans Jazz Legend: “Pick Up All the Trash”

Respect MP George Galloway announces he will stand against a Labour minister at the next general election. Galloway to contest next election

Paul McCartney will play a “surprise” concert at a Los Angeles record store on Wednesday, a spokesman said. McCartney to play L.A. record store Wednesday

Footballer Lee Hughes is released from prison after serving three years for causing death by dangerous driving. Jailed footballer Hughes released

Stanford and other researchers are creating neuromorphic chips that can mimic the cortex, the hippocampus, and the retina. The objective is to better comprehend the brain and, eventually, design neural prosthetics, such as an artificial retina. Silicon Brains

Niels Bohr Institute and Harvard University scientists have worked out a new theory that describes how the necessary transistors for the quantum computers of the future may be created by allowing for photons to process data directly, rather than slow. Photon-transistors for the supercomputers of the future