http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambiahttp://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/42482008-07-01T17:07:28.000+10:00 Monty Says MySQL Founders Monty Widenius & David Axmark sponsor Patent Lens. http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/42072008-06-05T14:36:25.000+10:00 Richard Anthony Jefferson is a rare breed of scientist, perhaps, one of a kind. It's not merely because he is a skilled juggler and dancer, and an accomplished musician who plays the blues, Celtic, bluegrass and other styles on his guitar and mandolin. The American-born molecular biologist, who ...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/41832008-05-14T16:12:32.000+10:00 A handful of the world's largest agricultural biotechnology companies are seeking hundreds of patents on gene-altered crops designed to withstand drought and other environmental stresses, part of a race for dominance in the potentially lucrative market for crops that can handle global warming, a...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/41562008-05-06T13:21:26.000+10:00 For more information, visit the website. http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/41542008-05-06T13:14:39.000+10:00 Conventional hydrogen production is expensive. A cheaper method involves using algae. The algae live in a series of ponds. Hydrogen is collected as it bubbles to the surface. An advantage is microalgae can be located on non-arable land and don't compete with food production. Normally algae use s...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/42092008-06-13T12:39:02.000+10:00 Leading Edge:  Analysis India Takes an Open Source Approach to Drug Discovery Open source software may have been around for 17 years, but using an open source model tospeed up drug discovery is a relatively new idea. This month, India is launching a new open sourceinitiative for developing drugs...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/41552008-05-06T13:17:55.000+10:00 Story Highlights Some types of algae are about 50 percent oil, suitable for biodiesel U.S. government is once again experimenting with algae as fuel source Scientists say there may be hundreds of thousands of species not yet identified Algae have extraordinarily diverse sex lives For more info...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/40522008-02-01T09:00:37.000+11:00 "By modifying a few genes in the stomach bacteria E. coli, scientists from Texas A&M have made the bacteria capable of producing hydrogen - possibly enough to power vehicles and homes in the future. A research team lead by Thomas Wood, a Professor of Chemical Engineering, has deleted six of the ...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/40442008-01-30T11:50:50.000+11:00 E.coli Bacteria: A Future Source Of Energy? ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2008) — For most people, the name "E. coli" is synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, but a professor in Texas A&M University's chemical engineering department envisions the bacteria as a future source of energy, hel...http://www.cambia.org/daisy/cambia/39052007-12-03T12:49:09.000+11:00 With the proliferation of patents and licences with overlapping and competing rights, the ability to interpret and filter patent documents has never been more important. Read More...