Cultivated scallops populations develop distinct genetic structure
Credit: Photo: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast The scallop is one of the largest edible molluscs, and gourmets consider it to be a great delicacy....
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NASA to launch Raven to develop autonomous rendezvous capability
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Lipid nanoparticles for gene therapy
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Kurt Gottfried receives 2016 AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
Dr. Kurt Gottfried, a recognized leader in the scientific community on missile defense and nuclear terrorism, has been awarded the 2016 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility...
NASA and MIT Collaborate to develop space-based quantum-dot spectrometer
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CIFAR at AAAS: Presentations by Canadian and international researchers
Here are summaries of research to be presented by CIFAR fellows at the 2017 AAAS meeting in Boston, MA from Feb. 16-19. Microbes and Humans:...
Limited evidence that styrene causes cancer
Limited evidence that styrene, a high volume plastics chemical and animal carcinogen, causes cancer in humans In 2011, the styrene, a high volume plastics chemical...
Seismicity in British Columbia and hidden continent called Zealandia
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NTU, JTC and SMRT to develop integrated transport solutions with joint research lab
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Technology puts ‘touch’ into long-distance relationships
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Children of patients with C9orf72 mutations: Greater risk of frontotemporal dementia/ALS
The most common genetic cause of the brain diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a mutation in the C9orf72 gene. Researchers...
Biological experiments become transparent — anywhere, any time
Biological experiments are generating increasingly large and complex sets of data. This has made it difficult to reproduce experiments at other research laboratories in order...
A better way to swallow
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/John Altdorfer PITTSBURGH (February 14, 2017) ... Dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, affects nearly one in 25 adults, especially the elderly and...
Just press print: New study shows how 3-D printing at home saves big bucks
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Interested in making an investment that promises a 100 percent return on your money, and then some? Buy a low-cost,...
Graphene foam gets big and tough
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily...
