The National Institute of Science Media [NISM] is a non-profit charitable publishing organization that has been in the running since 1997. The NISM was started as a link between educators, business leaders and other community influentials who want to encourage and mentor young adults in their career decisions. NISM also provides resources for understanding the relation education has to specific career paths.

At the nexus of this renowned organization is Joel Ball who is the president and publisher of NISM. He has been in the publishing business since 1980 and has an illustrious history of providing students with the best study aids and career resources with a line of well-researched books.

Joel Ball has been hiring the best brains in the freelance writing profession for each publication that has come out under the NISM name since the past decade. He has been instrumental in hiring thousands of writers for a diverse range of titles.

A high sense of ethics and a professional outlook employed by Joel Ball and all those working under him at the NISM has made it a name to respect in the field of education.

The ‘Sharing Wisdom Series’, the ‘School to Work Series’, the ‘History of Commerce Series’ and the ‘NISM Series’ are some of the titles published by Joel Ball under the NISM name. Currently the NISM is engaged in the production of a new book series entitled the ‘Business of Public Knowledge’.

A study sponsored by the drug industry found that life science companies account for a diminutive, but growing part of the state’s economy. The study highlights the multiplier effect in the current pharmaceutical industry. For every job that it generates, an additional five jobs are created in another industry.

A career in the biopharmaceutical field can be very lucrative as biotech organizations and drug corporations compensate generously. There is a wide selection of jobs that are available for the picking. A student could be a biostatistician, a chemist, or even a clinical programmer.

Drug safety specialists, microbiologists, pathologists and toxicologists are some of the higher paying jobs in this field. A student can also apply for a job in the writing field as a technical or medical writer. The opportunities are endless and the best of the biopharm companies are hiring in numbers.

The National Institute of Science Media under the helm of Joel Ball, the President, publishes career books for students in the field of biotechnology. Each book is thoroughly researched and verified before the writing process begins. After meeting rigorous standards of quality a study material is published. Our medical writers possess a technical bent and intimately understand the student mind.

To know more about NISM and Joel Ball visit us online and avail of proactive resources that will assist you in obtaining the best jobs that are currently available in the field of biotechnology.

China and the United States are two of the biggest oil consumers and producers of carbon dioxide in the world. Currently plans are on for reaching an agreement to promote the use of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. In view of the efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, this pact comes as a forward step in the fight against global warming.

Biofuels are developed from biomass, which actually implies the by-products of plants, animals and any other recently living organisms. The simple processes and equipments that go into the production of biofuels render them optimum choices to meet transportation fuel needs. The materials that go into their making are usually locally available.

The primary utilizers of biofuels were the rural communities which use them till date. They use biogases like methane which they produce from animal, food and crop wastes.

Experts fear that large scale biofuel productions could lead to a drain of agricultural production steering it away from food crops if not managed properly. Biofuels are essentially the result of a synergy between technology and the environment and maintaining this synergy is possible only with a thorough understanding of these two areas.

The field of biotechnology is a major contributor to the study of biofuels. All the processes of biotech find application in the production and processing of biofuels. Advances in this field are being made every day and scientists are looking towards biofuels to curb the problems caused by the release of toxic gases.

Visit the National Institute of Science Media for some of the best resources in the field of biotechnology. Professional biotechnologists have contributed towards the compilation of these resources.

A high sense of ethics and a professional outlook have been employed by the President Joel Ball and all those working under him at the NISM. Know more about NISM and Joel Ball online at www.joelball.org

When seen from an environmental point of view, the dominance plastic has over our daily lives is frightening. Each time we use a plastic container we are adding to the plastic waste that dots the landscape. And you can forget about it getting absorbed in the soil. Plastic does not take kindly to decomposition.

Plastic is manufactured from non-renewable sources like coal, natural gas and oil and due to this, organisms that do all the dirty work of decomposition find it difficult to break and assimilate the polymer molecules that make up regular plastic. This renders traditional plastic non-degradable and a veritable threat to the environment.

The science of biotechnology has been consistently trying to change the make-up of plastic by researching processes that can produce plastic that is biodegradable. There has been some progress made in the search with the discovery of bioplastics or green plastics.

There are certain natural polymers found in starch obtained from cereal plants, tubers, etc. which are processed to produce a bioplastic called polylactide [PLA]. Another popular bioplastic called polyhydroxyalkanoate [PHA] is obtained from bacteria.

These green plastics have found application in a variety of goods like pots, disposable nappies, candy wrappers, etc. They do come with certain limitations though as bioplastic production involves considerable cost as compared to traditional plastics.

If biotechnology does succeed in producing a plastic that will completely replace traditional plastic then Mother Nature is certain to heave a huge sigh of relief. PLAs have molecules that can be broken down easily by organisms. The production of PLA also reduces 68 percent of the greenhouse gases that are produced by regular plastic.

For now, hopes are pinned on biotech research for a solution to replace plastic. The National Institute of Science Media publishes books on biotechnology and other branches of science. Our guides and resources throw light on the various aspects of biotechnology and biotech research.

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The term ‘clone’ has its etymological roots in the Greek word for ‘branch’ thus highlighting the origin of the biological science of creating a duplicate of a biological organism. You basically are cloning a plant when you grow it from a cutting. Cloning is also used to refer to the occurrence of asexual reproduction in an organism.

Scientists have been conducting and closely monitoring cloning activities for years. In 1997, the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, was successfully cloned by scientists. This development in the field of biotechnology paved the path for growing awareness around this particular field of research.

There are three main types of cloning technologies. DNA cloning or recombinant DNA technology, which refers to transferring fragments of DNA from one organism to a genetic element that is capable of replicating itself. Molecular biology is one of the main proponents of this technology.

A second type of cloning process involves creating an animal using nuclear DNA that belongs to another animal. This type of cloning is known as reproductive cloning. The most famous example of reproductive cloning is Dolly the sheep.

Therapeutic cloning or embryo cloning is the third type of cloning technology that comes under the study of cloning. It refers to the generation of human embryos for research purposes. This type of cloning method is largely used by biomedical researchers to observe the development of the human body and find a cure for diseases and ailments.

Of all the cloning processes, embryo cloning has received the most amount of criticism as the embryo is completely destroyed during the extraction procedure. But biologists are convinced that stem cells [which are used in this process] can cure Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and other diseases one day.

It is this hope that has spurred the progress of cloning technologies. Visit the National Institute of Science Media [NISM] for resources and reading material on the science of biomedical engineering. Joel Ball, the President, is a veteran publisher of books that are useful for the student and scientist alike.