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Genetically Engineered Machines Competition
aqkiva writes, "This past weekend, 33 schools from around the world gathered at MIT for the international genetically engineered machine competition. Teams consisting of mostly undergraduates had designed, built, tested, and characterized biological parts, devices, and systems over the course of the summer and came together to present their work. The competition is helping push the field of synthetic biology and opening access to the tools to engineer biological systems by providing standard biological components. The team from Slovenia won first prize overall for their engineering of mammalian systems and won the 'BioBrick,' a large metal Lego brick. The MIT team won the top prize for the best system with their engineering of bacteria that smell like wintergreen and banana. For news coverage of this weekend's jamboree, see the Boston Globe and Technology Review."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/11/06/stern.obit.a p/index.htmll
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,3383,011254,00.htm
Famous shock jock Howard Stern was found dead in his Manhattan apartment late Sunday evening. The popular fifty two year old radio personality who recently moved his show to Sirius satellite radio had been bludgeoned to death in his bed. Authorities are pursuing various leads in the investigation. Howard Stern is survived by his fiancee Beth Ostrovsky and three daughters. His agent Don Buchwald did not immediately return phone calls.
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