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For the last dozen years, scientists have known that minuscule strings of genetic material called small RNA are critically important to our genetic makeup. But finding out what they do hasn’t been easy.
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Alan Alda presents challenge to scientists to give better answers, kicks off month-long contest
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We invite you to be a part of the program by contributing a paper for oral or poster consideration.
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At some point this year, after NASA’s rover Curiosity has landed on Mars, a laser will fire a beam of infrared light at a rock or soil sample.....
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Early detection and multiple-sample capability are focus of team’s efforts.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar supercomputer has completed the first phase of an upgrade that will keep it among the most powerful scientific computing systems in the world.
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Almost everyone has seen the Periodic Table of the Elements, the chart gracing walls of science classrooms that shows relationships between the chemical elements that make up everything on Earth — and beyond....
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Almost 80 percent of current farmland in the U.S. would have to be devoted to raising corn for ethanol production in order to meet current biofuel production targets with existing technology, a new study has found.
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Vibrational mix shines new light on carbon sequestration measurements.
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Reaching the GuLF STUDY’s target goal of 55,000 participants would make it the largest health study of its kind
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Genetic mutations to cellulose in plants could improve the conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuels, according to a research team that included two Iowa State University chemists.
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U.S. industry and environmental groups agree that the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 needs to be modernized to better protect public health and the environment.
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