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Deep Impact: Fossilized Fauna in an Ancient River Valley Reveal the Immediate Aftermath of the Chicxulub Asteroid

by Joe Pomerening | Apr 15, 2019 | Geology, Paleontology |

From cinema fodder to in-depth scientific inquiry, the potential destruction caused by an asteroid striking earth is all too well known by movie fans and...

Hunting for a Fountain of Youth in the Human Brain: New Evidence Suggests the Adult Hippocampus is Capable of Neurogenesis

by Joe Pomerening | Apr 1, 2019 | Biomedical, Human Health, Neuroscience |

Whether the adult human brain can create new neurons has been a fundamental scientific question for years. Experimental evidence in non-human mammalian...

Taking the Sting Out of Spear Phishing: I-ARPA’s “VirtUE” Program Aims to Insulate Enterprise Systems from Security Threats

by Joe Pomerening | Mar 27, 2019 | Computer Science, Government |

Pervasive in the academic, industry, and government workplace is the constant reminder from IT teams—“…do NOT click on that link!”—that appears in emails...

Pushing the Oligonucleotide Limit: Enzymatic Non-Templated DNA Synthesis Making Gains

by Joe Pomerening | Mar 11, 2019 | Biological Engineering, Biotechnology |

Biologists have chemically-assembled DNA sequences for many years using nucleoside phosphoramidite building blocks that replicate natural bases, though...

When Seeing is Not Believing: The Rise of Deepfake Media and the Efforts to Counter Them

by Joe Pomerening | Feb 4, 2019 | Computer Science |

While the revision of past events and fictionalization of historical figures can be entertaining fodder for movie theater audiences, the manipulation of...

American and Chinese Science Academies Emphasize the Need for Big Red Lines Around Human Gene Editing

by Joe Pomerening | Dec 14, 2018 | Biomedical |

At a recent genome-editing meeting in Hong Kong, Dr. He Jiankui of the South University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China reported that he...

Changes in the Gut Microbiome of Type 2 Diabetics Could Lead to Insulin Resistance

by Joe Pomerening | Dec 3, 2018 | Biomedical |

You might be surprised to learn that the members of the bacterial population functioning in your gut could undergo changes that not only affect your...

Ready, Set, GO! – Optimizing the Electric Grid Through a Competition to Create New Software Solutions

by Joe Pomerening | Nov 26, 2018 | Energy |

Most Americans might not realize that our modern electrical grid includes much more than power plants, transformers, and wires. Today, our electrical...

New DNA structure reported in living cells for the first time – the I-motif

by Michael Patterson | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorized |

While many consider the structure of DNA to be well understood, this week a research group published solid evidence found for the first time in living...

Interesting aspects of the orbit the TESS will be positioned into

by Michael Patterson | Apr 19, 2018 | Physics, Space, Technology |

While it was successfully launched earlier this week (and the booster was recovered) an interesting facet of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite...

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