Automation: The Curse and the Cure - Why Tech Companies Have a Responsibility to Assist in Poverty Alleviation From morphing infrastructure to automating employment, technology companies have reshaped our lives. In the midst of admiring "innovation" and "progress" we cannot afford to ignore the economic, social, and ethical consequences of scientific ingenuity. Tech companies have a measurable impact on their surrounding communities, the environment, and -- to be ...
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Cancer: latest strategies in battling the formidable foeModern medicine has cured us of many diseases and increased our lifespan. The biggest foe that still stumps scientists has been called “the emperor of all maladies†because there are too many genetic and environmental factors that contribute to cancer's different molecular mechanisms and characteristics. It is also difficult to ...
Tissue culture is commonly used for commercial propagation of plants and in plant research. The technique involves culturing small pieces of plant tissue, or explants, in a nutrient medium under sterile conditions. African violets are easy to propagate using this method. Depending on the composition of the medium, the explants ...
