Applied Sciences
Sorry, CSI fans but what you see on television does not depict what really goes on inside a forensic crime laboratory.
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Bioengineers from the University of California, San Diego have created a new method for analyzing RNA transcripts from samples of 50 to 100 cells. The approach could be used to develop inexpensive and rapid methods for diagnosing cancers at early stages, as well as better tools for forensics, drug discovery and developmental biology.
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Letter argues that NSF's purview must extend to research in the social science and behavioral sciences
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Sandia National Laboratories a Best in Class Sustainability Award for improvements in the labs’ Saturn and High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III pulsed power facilities.
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Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, today announced the first Lab Solutions Virtual Conference on November 19 and 20, 2013.
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Technique has potential for regenerative medicine and drug development.
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Scientists begin major project to study ocean circulation, key component of global climate change.
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Antibiotic resistance (ABR) has been around for millennia; genes showing ABR have been found in woolly mammoth fossils. It’s a natural occurrence, and scientists need to account for this when doing studies on ABR.
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Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are part of a national study that has cracked how jellyfish move with the lowest cost of transport of any animal. The findings will be used as researchers continue to design bio-inspired jellyfish for the U.S. Navy.
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Accumulating oil in leaves could significantly increase energy content of biofuels and plant-based foods.
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NSF-funded “information superhighway” to connect UC San Diego with 100gbps data networks.
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