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...company's chief scientific adviser. Grier and company have long since replaced the plastic with a liquid-crystal device, which they build into a small, box-shaped machine that you could call a cell catcher. The technology is used today for tasks that include analyzing blood and separating sperm cells in bull semen that produce bulls from those that make cows (which might not seem important unless you're a dairy farmer who needs a supply of milk-producing females...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Innovation: Tech Pioneers | 1/23/2005 | See Source »

Taking work home from the office may crimp your lifestyle in more ways than one. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook say the heat from a laptop computer--when used on the lap--can disrupt sperm production and affect fertility. Scientists found that scrotal temperatures in 29 men rose more than 4°F after an hour of laptop-computer use. Increases of more than 1.8°F have been associated with reduced fertility in previous research. Talk about an occupational hazard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Darn Hot! | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...time-lapse video of crisscrossing highways, bridges and underpasses, and you get an idea of what matter looks like in a BioRyx under a microscope. BioRyx picks up different substances and tells them where to go. The technology today is used for everything from analyzing blood to separating the sperm cells in bull semen that produce bulls from those that make cows (which might not seem important unless you're a dairy farmer who needs a supply of milk- and cheese-producing females...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bio Diversity | 12/5/2004 | See Source »

...Italy, the Vatican's political influence remains strong enough to keep gay rights off the official agenda. In March the Italian parliament passed one of the most stringent assisted - fertility laws in Europe?it bans donor sperm, donor eggs and surrogate motherhood, which same - sex couples could use to have children, and limits assisted - fertility treatments to "stable" heterosexual couples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight Over Gay Rights | 10/24/2004 | See Source »

Contrary to popular belief, Mom didn’t look at a list of donors and say, “Oh, yes, light brown hair, smart mouth, Yankee fan...that one’s for me!” The insemination procedure was performed through a hospital with the sperm of an anonymous donor. Neither Mom nor I know anything about...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fielding Calls | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

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