2014 and the future of Latin America’s bioeconomy
By engineering the genes in an organism it is possible to rearrange its metabolism to produce commercial chemicals in an economically attractive manner; a system analogous to the way in which a...
View ArticleChile creates science ministry, ancient surgical techniques in Peru, and...
ARGENTINA Researchers at the National University of Córdoba developed in rats a method for assessing the exposure of fetuses to moderate consumption of alcohol by their mothers. They found that the...
View ArticleMexico’s coffee feels the heat, Colombia to open its first aviary, and a...
COLOMBIA Colombia plans on opening its first aviary off the Caribbean coast of the city of Cartagena and will harbor around 1,850 species. Colombia plans on opening a 1,850 species aviary off the coast...
View ArticleRetreating glaciers in Colombia, the possible Aztec origin of the Voynich...
BOLIVIA A Bolivian company is offering a certified chia seed for farmers interested in moving into the expanding international chia market. The “Voynich manuscript” is an ancient book written in a...
View ArticleThe charcoal war
“Before, the sound of the river could be heard from the village. It sounded like a cannon shooting by the amount of water coming down from the hill. Today it is nothing more than a stream, where the...
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