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Using only a computer, an Internet connection, and publicly accessible online resources, a team of Whitehead Institute researchers has been able to identify nearly 50 individuals who had submitted personal genetic material as participants in genomic studies.
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The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) announced today that it has approved a business plan for significant expansion in Europe that will commence later this year.
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Chromosome-capping telomeres are a potential target for anti-cancer drugs.
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In a new approach for tapping biomass as a sustainable raw material, scientists are reporting use of a Nobel-Prize-winning technology to transform plant “essential oils” — substances with the characteristic fragrance of the plant — into high-value ingredients for sunscreens, perfumes and other personal care products.
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Modest R&D increase proposed for fiscal year 2013.
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Berkeley Lab research finds utility customer-funded energy efficiency programs expanding across the United States; Midwest and South on the rise.
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Scientists are reporting development of the first practical way to make large amounts of a promising new anti-cancer substance that kills cancer cells differently than existing medicines.
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Doctoral student publishes results with consortium in journal Science.
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Berkeley scientists find that a critical transcription factor co-exists in two distinct states.
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In an advance toward stain-proof, spill-proof clothing, protective garments and other products that shrug off virtually every liquid — from blood and ketchup to concentrated acids — scientists are reporting development of new “superomniphobic” surfaces.
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A Kansas State University researcher is developing more efficient ways to save costs, time and energy when creating nanomaterials and lithium-ion batteries.
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Lands unsuited for food crops represent huge untapped resource to grow mixed species biomass for ethanol.
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