Credit: OIST Unlike experimental neuroscientists who deal with real-life neurons, computational neuroscientists use model simulations to investigate how the brain functions. While many computationa..
Nuclear amplification testing is commonly used for pathogen detection; however, the process is currently manually intensive and complex, and requires dedicated equipment. This prevents its...
"Ever since American scientists successfully attacked a study in 2008, where just parts of the DNA were enough to identify participants, researchers have been debating...
A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) could fundamentally re-shape efforts to cut the...
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the combustion of crude oil floating...
LOS ANGELES -- The Optical Fiber Conference and Exposition (OFC), held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has concluded with 663 exhibiting companies, over 1,100...
A study published in Briefings in Functional Genomics investigated how epigenetics can modulate human's genetic program -- it can emphasize or silence genes. The new...
Credit: BioDataWorld West Friday, 24th of March, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based Big Data analytics company applying deep learning techniques to drug...
Researchers from Emory University have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more...
Researchers in the United States have developed a computer program that can simultaneously detect cancer and identify where in the body the cancer is located,...
Credit: Gaëlle Fehlmann, Swansea University. Scientists from Swansea University's College of Science are part of an international team attempting to better understand the human-baboon conflict...
Though a mature technology, renewable thermals occupy a small niche in Connecticut--and in the U.S. at large. A new Yale-led study analyzes the market potential...
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 23, 2017) - Rice University scientists have created an efficient, simple-to-manufacture oxygen-evolution catalyst that pairs well with semiconduct..
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most website visits these days entail a database query -- to look up airline flights, for example, or to find the fastest...
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report data from a new study providing evidence that random, unpredictable DNA copying "mistakes" account...
