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Nuclear amplification testing is commonly used for pathogen detection; however, the process is currently manually intensive and complex, and requires...

Data security in medical studies: IT researchers break anonymity of gene databases

"Ever since American scientists successfully attacked a study in 2008, where just parts of the DNA were enough to identify...

Chance find has big implications for water treatment’s costs and carbon footprint

A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) could fundamentally...

WPI, BSEE, and the US Coast Guard successfully test a novel oil spill cleanup technology

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the...

OFC concludes featuring the evolution of silicon photonics, 5G networking and the Internet of Things

LOS ANGELES -- The Optical Fiber Conference and Exposition (OFC), held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has concluded with...

New research shows how metabolism and epigenetics play a role in cancer development

A study published in Briefings in Functional Genomics investigated how epigenetics can modulate human's genetic program -- it can emphasize...

Research results in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the BioDataWorld West in San Francisco

Credit: BioDataWorld West Friday, 24th of March, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based Big Data analytics company applying...

Brain scans may help clinicians choose talk therapy or medication treatment for depression

Researchers from Emory University have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy...

Computer program developed to diagnose and locate cancer from a blood sample

Researchers in the United States have developed a computer program that can simultaneously detect cancer and identify where in the...

New tools to spy on raiding baboons in suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa

Credit: Gaëlle Fehlmann, Swansea University. Scientists from Swansea University's College of Science are part of an international team attempting to...

Building a market for renewable thermal technologies

Though a mature technology, renewable thermals occupy a small niche in Connecticut--and in the U.S. at large. A new Yale-led...

Artificial photosynthesis steps into the light

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 23, 2017) - Rice University scientists have created an efficient, simple-to-manufacture oxygen-evolution catalyst...

Protecting web users’ privacy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most website visits these days entail a database query -- to look up airline flights, for example,...

New study finds that most cancer mutations are due to random DNA copying ‘mistakes’

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report data from a new study providing evidence that random,...

UNSW scientists unveil a giant leap for anti-aging

Credit: Britta Campion UNSW researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a revolutionary drug that actually reverses ageing,...

Keck School of Medicine of USC receives grant for esophageal cancer research

Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES -- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has been...

Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core

Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI) Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of...

New Stanford study calls for US solar policy reform

The rapidly expanding solar energy industry could meaningfully contribute to curbing climate change only if governments and the private sector...

Rice U. refines filters for greener natural gas

Credit: Barron Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 23, 2017) - Natural gas producers want to draw all the methane...

Chemists ID catalytic ‘key’ for converting CO2 to methanol