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14 produkter
Illuminating Disease
An Introduction to Green Fluorescent Proteins
Av Marc Zimmer
Inbunden, 2015
902 kr
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Since scientists began experimenting with green fluorescent proteins in the middle of the 1990s, these proteins have become one of the most important tools available to researchers in modern medicine and biology. By using them to illuminate other proteins that were previously invisible even under …
Illuminating Disease
An Introduction to Green Fluorescent Proteins
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2015
567 kr
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Green fluorescent proteins have been floating in the ocean for more than 160 million years, but it took a curious scientist, fascinated by pinpricks of green light, to begin unlocking their potential. Now these jellyfish proteins have become one of the most important tools available to researchers …
Illuminating Disease
An Introduction to Green Fluorescent Proteins
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2015
567 kr
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Green fluorescent proteins have been floating in the ocean for more than 160 million years, but it took a curious scientist, fascinated by pinpricks of green light, to begin unlocking their potential. Now these jellyfish proteins have become one of the most important tools available to researchers …
Conversation on Biotechnology
Av Marc Zimmer
Häftad, 2023
195 kr
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From the contributors to The Conversation, this collection of essays by leading experts in biotechnology provides foundational knowledge on a range of topics, from CRISPR gene sequencing to the ethics of GMOs and "designer babies."In The Conversation on Biotechnology, editor Marc Zimmer collects …
Bioluminescence
Nature and Science at Work
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2015
767 kr
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What do giant squids, mantis shrimp, and fireflies have in common? These animals, along with a wide range of creatures, are able to give off light; this is called bioluminescence. Different species use different chemistries to bioluminesce, and they produce their light for a variety of reasons, …
Bioluminescence
Nature and Science at Work
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2015
148 kr
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What do giant squids, mantis shrimp, and fireflies have in common? These animals, along with a wide range of creatures, are able to give off light; this is called bioluminescence. Different species use different chemistries to bioluminesce, and they produce their light for a variety of reasons, …
Lighting Up the Brain
The Science of Optogenetics
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2018
172 kr
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What if neuroscientists could look inside the human brain and watch individual brain cells send signals to one another? What if they could then control these brain cells to direct thoughts and actions?This may sound like science fiction, but it''s actually a scientific revolution called …
Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet
Environmental Chemistry
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2019
172 kr
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Many of the most toxic materials on Earth—from arsenic to plutonium—occur naturally, but manufacturers have also used them in products such as paints, plumbing, pesticides, nuclear fuel, and weaponry. Without careful management, toxins can leach into groundwater or pollute our environment. Exposure …
Science and the Skeptic
Discerning Fact from Fiction
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2022
825 kr
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Fake news, pseudoscience, and quackery have become scourges, spreading through society from social media all the way to Congress.The line between entertainment and reality, between fact and fiction, has become blurred. Some of the most crucial issues of our time—climate change, vaccines, and …
Science and the Skeptic
Discerning Fact from Fiction
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2022
145 kr
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Fake news, pseudoscience, and quackery have become scourges, spreading through society from social media all the way to Congress.The line between entertainment and reality, between fact and fiction, has become blurred. Some of the most crucial issues of our time—climate change, vaccines, and …
Diseases Without Borders
Plagues, Pandemics, and Beyond
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2026
231 kr
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From the infamous Black Death to the 1918 flu to COVID-19, disease outbreaks have always marked human history.But where they spread, how they spread, and how fast they move have all changed. As humans became more mobile, started trading goods and information across the globe, built bigger cities, …
Diseases Without Borders
Plagues, Pandemics, and Beyond
Av Marc Zimmer
E-bok, 2026
825 kr
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From the infamous Black Death to the 1918 flu to COVID-19, disease outbreaks have always marked human history.But where they spread, how they spread, and how fast they move have all changed. As humans became more mobile, started trading goods and information across the globe, built bigger cities, …
Diseases Without Borders: Plagues, Pandemics, and Beyond
Av Marc Zimmer
Inbunden, 2026
548 kr
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State of Science
What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen
Av Marc Zimmer
Inbunden, 2020
296 kr
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New research and innovations in the field of science are leading to life-changing and world-altering discoveries like never before. What does the horizon of science look like? Who are the scientists that are making it happen? And, how are we to introduce these revolutions to a society in which a …
