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Decoding DNA may hold clues to how life on earth began
In a world-first, scientists from The University of Western Australia are part of an international research team that has developed the first classification system of living organisms across the globe, according to how their DNA folds up inside cell nuclei.
The classification system provides insight into the DNA make-up of organisms across the planet, but it also shows how cell DNA might have mutated in the past, making it possible for one species to evolve into an entirely different species over time.
It could reveal how humans might have evolved from apes, and if there is merit to this well-known theory and other theories surrounding the dramatic evolution of life on Earth.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (A3Y.F) is pleased to announce that it has lodged a patent with IP Australia, for its invention of methods for coating anode active materials with alumina.
Chemical container ship which sank off Sri Lanka coast sows fears of environmental disaster
By Bharatha Mallawarachi
Fire-stricken container ship sinks off Sri Lanka coast
The X-Press Pearl container ship, ablaze for almost two weeks off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, began to sink on June 2, according to local media.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it started to sink Wednesday off Sri Lanka s main port, raising fears of a marine environmental disaster, officials said.
X-Press Feeders, operators of the container ship MV X-Press Pearl, said the experts were able to board the vessel and attach a tow line, but efforts to move the ship to deeper waters have failed.
Authorities in Sri Lanka are trying to head off a potential environmental disaster as a fire-damaged container ship that had been carrying chemicals was sinking off of the country’s main port.