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Completing the first phase of the 1000 Genomes Project, a multinational team of scientists reports that they have sampled a total of 1092 individuals from 14 different populations and sequenced their full genomes.
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Hurricane Sandy has passed. We are mindful of all the problems the storm may have caused for our friends and neighbors. We assure all of our friends in the EAS family that the Symposium will take place as scheduled.
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostic products today announced that they have acquired a new cell sorting system from Propel Labs.
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According to research from Amit Kramer, a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois, employees who are more satisfied with their pay report lower levels of work-family conflict.
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Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified mechanisms in the brain responsible for regulating cocaine-seeking behavior, providing an avenue for drug development that could greatly reduce the high relapse rate among cocaine addicts.
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Like a movie star constantly retouching her makeup, the protoplanet Vesta is continually stirring its outermost layer and presenting a young face.
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Seven years ago, physics professor Latika Mennon’s first graduate student said he wanted to “change the world.”
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To solve the very big ecological and economic problems caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of researchers is thinking very small.
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Proteins are able to self-assemble into a wide range of highly ordered structures that feature a diverse array of properties. Through biomimicry – technological innovation inspired by nature – humans hope to emulate proteins and produce our own version of self-assembling molecules.
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Environmental monitoring of operations at both the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) main site, as well as Site 300, the Laboratory's experimental test site near Tracy in 2011, indicates no adverse impact to public health or the environment from Laboratory operations.
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Leadership Computing Facilities (LCFs) have awarded a combined 4.7 billion supercomputing core hours to 61 science and engineering projects with high potential for accelerating discovery and innovation through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program.
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U-M Launches $9M Effort to Strengthen Great Lakes Restoration While Advancing Research and Education
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