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*[http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/researchers-calculate-human-eye-can-transmit-at-the-same-rate-as-an-ethernet-connection-to-the-brain/  '''Information transmission rate from eye to brain measured''']: with about 1,000,000 ganglion cells, the human retina would transmit data at roughly the rate of a [[Wikipedia:10BASE-T|10Base-T]] Ethernet connection, or 10 million bits per second. --[[User:Ilya|Ilya]] 17:32, 31 July 2006 (EDT)
*[http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,66861-0.html '''Are Nanobacteria Making Us Ill?''']
*[http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,66861-0.html '''Are Nanobacteria Making Us Ill?''']
:[[Wikipedia:Nanobacterium|Nanobacteria]] are said to be cell walled microorganisms with a diameter well below the generally accepted lower limit (about 200 nanometres) for bacteria. --[[User:Ilya|Ilya]] 01:22, 13 May 2006 (EDT)
:[[Wikipedia:Nanobacterium|Nanobacteria]] are said to be cell walled microorganisms with a diameter well below the generally accepted lower limit (about 200 nanometres) for bacteria. --[[User:Ilya|Ilya]] 01:22, 13 May 2006 (EDT)

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Nanobacteria are said to be cell walled microorganisms with a diameter well below the generally accepted lower limit (about 200 nanometres) for bacteria. --Ilya 01:22, 13 May 2006 (EDT)
Nanobacteria – propagating calcifying nanoparticles a 2006 paper in Letters in Applied Microbiology. --Ilya 16:04, 5 June 2006 (EDT)
Using magnetic bacteria to produce electricity --Ilya 19:39, 12 May 2006 (EDT)
DNA origami? --Jennyn 10:52, 27 April 2006 (EDT)
The cutest microorganisms ever! --Jennyn 13:34, 20 April 2006 (EDT)
Granulobacter bethesdensis, named after the disease (chronic granulomatous disease) and location (Bethesda, Maryland) in which it was found. Nature News, April 14, 2006 --Jennyn 10:25, 18 April 2006 (EDT)
Ilya 15:50, 29 March 2006 (EST) via Jasonk
The first synthetic biology game? --Ilya 16:47, 16 March 2006 (EST)
This is going to be the best, most addicting game ever! --Jennyn 16:58, 16 March 2006 (EST)
Cosmic nebulae usually look like blobs in space, but astronomers using the Spitzer Space Telescope reported on Wednesday they have found a nebula twisted like the double helix of DNA. --Ilya 16:29, 16 March 2006 (EST)
  • Craig Venter's Synthetic Genomics plans to "program cells" to produce hydrogen