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With billions of dollars of past space research at risk of being lost forever, Dr. Charles Lundquist is running a race against technology and time.
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) have released the Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES), a collection of flexible, open-source software products developed for electronic disease surveillance in all settings.
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University of Utah researchers developed a new weapon to fight poachers who kill elephants, hippos, rhinos and other wildlife. By measuring radioactive carbon-14 deposited in tusks and teeth by open-air nuclear bomb tests, the method reveals the year an animal died, and thus whether the ivory was taken illegally.
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Imagine being able to zoom into the brain to see various cells the way we zoom into Google maps of the world and to look at houses on a street.
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Employers are increasingly using Facebook to screen job applicants and weed out candidates they think have undesirable traits. But a new study from North Carolina State University shows that those companies may have a fundamental misunderstanding of online behavior and, as a result, may be eliminating desirable job candidates.
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In the world, there are a lot of small molecules people would like to get rid of, or at least convert to something useful, according to UW-Madison chemist Robert J. Hamers.
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IDBS, the global provider of innovative data management, analytics and modeling solutions, today announced a partnership with informatics firm Vivenics, which offers solutions for life sciences research and development (R&D) organizations.
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You may never have heard of a twin screw extruder, but here’s a hint: You can make your own Cheetos with one.
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New method could improve drug development, optical sensors and more.
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In ongoing investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university researchers are taking a fresh look at the ability of olive powder and other plant compounds to combat foodborne pathogens and keep food safe to eat.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create an Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to foster interdisciplinary collaborations between NIST researchers and scientists and engineers from academia and industry.
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Berkeley Lab’s new extreme-ultraviolet microscope to help drive innovation in chip making.
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