ISIS is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing critical yet accessible science-based information to influence social and policy changes towards a sustainable, equitable world. We have made key inputs into debates worldwide on genetic modification, climate change, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, AIDS, holistic health and more http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ An efficient and robust catalyst for oxidizing water brings us closer to converting sunlight into fuel Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/makingFuelFromWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/makingFuelFromWater.php Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:01:01 GMT Solar power is by far the most abundant renewable zero-carbon energy resource, and artificial photosynthesis could be the most effective way to store the energy and make it more available and affordable Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ArtificialPhotosynthesis.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ArtificialPhotosynthesis.php Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT A new study on Canadian farmer perceptions toward genetically modified (GM) wheat - specifically Roundup Ready wheat (RRW)- has just been published in the international peer reviewed journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research. This scientific paper is being released just as the controversy over growing GM wheat is re-igniting. Unlike a recent industry-sponsored study conducted in the US, it shows that Canadian farmers are categorically opposed to RRW http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMWheatMauro2009.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMWheatMauro2009.php Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Water charges up with electricity when exposed to sunlight, offering the potential for an inexhaustible supply of squeaking clean energy and challenging conventional understanding of bioenergetics Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WaterElectric.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WaterElectric.php Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists and physicians in the heartland of genetic modification are alerting policy-makers and the public to the dangers of GM crops. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/US_Opposition_to_GMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/US_Opposition_to_GMOs.php Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Burning water is a way of life for all organisms, in animals as in plants, with a little help from sunlight perhaps Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theBodyDoesBurnWater.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/theBodyDoesBurnWater.php Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT The controversial promoter in all GM crops does enhance multiplication of disease-causing viruses; yet another reason why [1] GM is Dangerous and Futile (SiS 40). Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CaMV35Spromoter_and_HIV.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CaMV35Spromoter_and_HIV.php Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT The case of salt water that can be ignited when exposed to a radio frequency beam and what it could tell us about the structure of water Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canWaterBurn.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/canWaterBurn.php Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists across the disciplines are discovering how oxygen created from water is pivotal for the evolution of life on earth and how it affects every aspect of health, disease and development Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/livingWithOxygen.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/livingWithOxygen.php Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT More renewable energies capacity added than conventional for the first time in 2008 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/globalShiftRenewableEnergiesHappening.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/globalShiftRenewableEnergiesHappening.php Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT After paying out almost $5 billion in the US, Merck is defending a class action in Australia where a journal that never was came to light, meanwhile UK victims see no prospect of compensation Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:01:01 GMT Science in Society #42 Summer 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS42lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 27 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT The unstoppable groundswell of opposition to GMOs in Europe. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EuropesUprisingAgainstGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EuropesUprisingAgainstGMOs.php Mon, 25 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Freeing the World from GM / Letters to the Editor / Sustainable World / Technology Watch / Epigenetics and Beyond / Health Watch http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety42.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety42.php Mon, 20 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Invited address to UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, 19th May 2009, Westminster, London. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Science_in_a_New_Key.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Science_in_a_New_Key.php Mon, 18 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Transgenic viral resistance is short-lived while marker assisted selective breeding can offer long-term protection. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MSVRTMA.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MSVRTMA.php Thur, 14 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT The events of the past year have led to many hard questions being asked about our financial system and 'free market economy'. Commentators are finally starting to challenge the assumption on which so much has depended, that the market is always right - the invisible hand will guide the economy to make the most effective use of resources and if there is ever a deviation from this optimal state, the market will correct itself. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MTBNTC.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/MTBNTC.php Tue, 12 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Important revelations at the Conference on how Europe determines the future of GMOs in the world market, and more. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EHKGMFW.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/EHKGMFW.php Wed, 06 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Two hundred and fifty delegates from 28 countries gathered in Lucerne , Switzerland, for the 5th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions, Food and Democracy , 24-25 April 2009. They called for a moratorium on GMOs in Europe. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Moratorium_on_GMOs_for_Europe.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Moratorium_on_GMOs_for_Europe.php Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:01 GMT Lecture at Workshop on Hazards of GMOs, Food and Democracy, 5th European Conference on GMO-Free Regions, 25 April 2009, Cultural and Conference Centre Lucerne (KKL), Switzerland. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceHazardsGMOs.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceHazardsGMOs.php Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Concentrations of pesticides insufficient to cause harm individually become highly toxic in combinations that occur in our environment. Current testing regimes are failing to cope with such lethal cocktails Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/supertoxicCocktails.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/supertoxicCocktails.php Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT In 2008, ISIS proposed a transparent labelling scheme that directly informs consumers as alternative to organic certification. This has now become a Written Declaration in European Parliament http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentFoodLabellingforEurope.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/transparentFoodLabellingforEurope.php Thur, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Thermoelectric devices that scavenge waste heat to generate electricity improve efficiency of fuel consumption and replace bad greenhouse gas refrigerant Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harvestingWasteHeat.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/harvestingWasteHeat.php Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT DNA and RNA circulating in the bloodstream are offering golden opportunities for disease diagnosis and may play an important role in intercommunication between cells Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/circulatingNucleicAcids.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/circulatingNucleicAcids.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr. Mae-Wan Ho uncovers a fascinating page in the history of genetics expurgated from the mainstream account that also tells us why genetic modification is so dangerous. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DarwinsPangenesis.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DarwinsPangenesis.php Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT ISIS has already accumulated a large dossier of evidence and your help in assembling witness evidence may be just what's needed to make the case for a global ban on environmental releases of GMOs. Please submit to us photographic and video evidence of hazards and failures. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CallforDirectWitnessEvidenceGMHazards.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/CallforDirectWitnessEvidenceGMHazards.php Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Corporations are aiming for an absolute stranglehold on scientific research and the flow of scientific information; that's why patents on GM crops should be abolished. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/corporateMonopolyOfScience.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/corporateMonopolyOfScience.php Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT Percy Schmeiser is a real life hero who played David to Monsanto's Goliath, and like David, he won. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whoOwnsLifeNotMonsanto.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/whoOwnsLifeNotMonsanto.php Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT The first community project in the metropolis to recycle food wastes into energy and fertilizer by anaerobic digestion Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/anUrbanDreamFarmForLondon.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/anUrbanDreamFarmForLondon.php Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:01:01 GMT How to get renewable energy from the tides in the Severn without damaging the environment Peter Bunyard http://www.i-sis.org.uk/reefReplaceBarrage.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/reefReplaceBarrage.php Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT An institution thriving in the midst of the credit crunch could show us how to exit the food, fuel, and financial crisis Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cooperativeAgainstTheCreditCrunch.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/cooperativeAgainstTheCreditCrunch.php Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT New findings on the molecular mechanisms whereby epigenetic changes acquired during development can be transmitted to the next generation via sperm cells are vindicating Lamarck's theory of evolution that had been completely eclipsed by Darwin's followers for over a century Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritanceSpermCells.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritanceSpermCells.php Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Phase II clinical trials on children have been conducted with unapproved experimental GM rice enhanced in pro-Vitamin A that has the potential to cause birth defects and developmental abnormalities. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceScandal.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/goldenRiceScandal.php Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Clinical trials of malaria vaccines on infants raise serious concerns over the safety of multiple vaccinations of the very young. Effective implementation of existing measures have eradicated malaria from many countries without using vaccines. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/malarialVaccineRisks.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/malarialVaccineRisks.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT FoE exposes false and misleading statistics presented by industry-funded group to promote GM crops. Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsExaggerated.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMCropsExaggerated.php Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Biologicals - recombinant proteins used as drugs, vaccines or antibodies - are found to cause adverse side effects including death much more frequently than conventional synthetic chemical drugs. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/magnifectionSafePharmingDoomsday.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/magnifectionSafePharmingDoomsday.php Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Spring 2009 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS41lettersToTheEditor.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SIS41lettersToTheEditor.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Protein drugs produced by genetic engineering cause adverse events including death more frequently than synthetic chemical drugs; yet they are being produced in transgenic crops grown in open fields. Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biologicalsWonderDrugsWithProblems.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/biologicalsWonderDrugsWithProblems.php Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Dr. Mae-Wan Ho calls for a shift away from the obsolete mechanistic science that has helped create the current food, fuel, and financial crisis in the midst of climate change. The new science of the organism re-establishes our connection with nature and with indigenous knowledge systems worldwide. Europe's agricultural policies must rise to the challenge, to support and promote organic, localised agriculture and food and energy systems that offers the most effective way out of the current crisis, to deliver health, wealth and happiness to the world's nations. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SOSS.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SOSS.php Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:01:01 GMT Shortage of fresh water poses a much bigger threat to world food supply than the shortage of fossil fuels; cultivating salt-tolerant crops could solve both problems. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SalineAgriculture.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SalineAgriculture.php Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Bt-cotton is not just killing farmers, it is also killing the soil. Navdanya http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCottonKillsSoilandFarmers.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BtCottonKillsSoilandFarmers.php Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Epigenetics and Beyond / Letters to the Editor / The Green Nuclear Revolution / Freeing the World from GM. ISIS http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety41.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AnnouncingScienceinSociety41.php Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Tufts university involvement in golden rice feeding trials. Dr Brian John http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPUCTGM.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SPUCTGM.php Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Scientists pinpoint how very low concentrations of the herbicide and other chemicals in Roundup formulations kill human cells, strengthening the case for phasing them out, and banning all further releases of Roundup-tolerant GM crops. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Brett Cherry http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DMPGR.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/DMPGR.php Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Expert independent scientist verdict contradicts Indian regulatory authorities on biosafety of GM aubergine. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Bt_Brinjal_Unfit.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Bt_Brinjal_Unfit.php Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Hilary Benn and Other GM Supporters. The Cabinet minister betrays his true colours in a head to head with Vandana Shiva and other proponents of organic agriculture as evidence piles up against the safety of GM food and feed. Sam Burcher http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Who_is_Anti-Science.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Who_is_Anti-Science.php Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT We have all the means to save the climate without risking the earth in unregulated geoengineering research. Prof. Peter Saunders and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GeoEngineeringAMD.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GeoEngineeringAMD.php Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT Geoengineering experiments can lead to big disasters if things go wrong, which is why it must be strictly regulated. The German Governments decision to proceed with its ocean fertilisation experiment violates the recommendations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, but there is no law against it. Prof. Peter Saunders http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SavingTheClimateDangerously.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/SavingTheClimateDangerously.php Mon, 2 Feb 2009 12:01:01 GMT How adaptive epigenetic changes that can rewrite genes contribute to human brain development and evolution. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rewritingGeneticText.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rewritingGeneticText.php Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Low energy nuclear reactions have the potential to provide distributed power generation with zero carbon emission and cheaper than coal Lewis Larsen http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LENRsReplacingCoal.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LENRsReplacingCoal.php Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT How weak interaction LENRs can take us out of the nuclear safety and economic black hole Lewis Larsen http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/safeNuclearDecommissioning.php Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Environmental toxins modify our genes and affect our children and grandchildren; enormous implications for risk assessment of synthetic chemical and other xenobiotics Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticToxicology.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticToxicology.php Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Decades of sequencing and dissecting the human genome have confirmed that the real causes of ill health are environmental and social Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fromGenomicsToEpigenomics.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/fromGenomicsToEpigenomics.php Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT New research on maternal care puts the environment and epigenetic potential at centre stage of how organisms shape their lives and the lives of their offspring Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/caringMothersGeneticDeterminism.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/caringMothersGeneticDeterminism.php Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT The experience of one generation can modify genes passed on to the next via a variety of mechanisms that blur the distinction between epigenetic and genetic. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritance.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/epigeneticInheritance.php Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Widespread releases of hazardous transgenes and vaccines have the potential to create viruses more deadly than the ones the vaccines protect against. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Production_Plants.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Production_Plants.php Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT Major uncertainties over efficacy and safety for costly vaccines that only benefit the drug giants for sure. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Controversy.php http://www.i-sis.org.uk/HPV_Vaccine_Controversy.php Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:01:01 GMT