Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to:

Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien “for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”

For a video of a lecture given by Roger Y. Tsien in 2001, go here. 

For information about GFP and pictures of it “in action”, please read on.

Science Debate 2008

Anybody who is interested in where the presidential candidates stand on some important scientific issues should visit this site. You will find Obama and McCains answers to 14 science questions, ranging from innovation and climate change to stems cells and genetics.