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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Michael Patterson | Apr 17, 2018 | Human Health, Neuroscience |
Researchers last week published in nature key findings linking APOE, specifically the E4 variant, could lead to accumulation of a pathogenic conformation...
by Michael Patterson | Apr 6, 2018 | Uncategorized |
After the crash and death of a co-pilot in 2014, Virgin Galactic has been quiet on the public powered flight tests of their space plane. This changed...
by Michael Patterson | Mar 22, 2018 | Environment, Human Health, Public Health |
Like many fliers I have gotten sick after flying or have flown while sick (sorry folks next to me last week). While we all know travel can increase...
by Michael Patterson | Mar 9, 2018 | Big Data, Computer Science, Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Technology |
This week in Science 3 researchers from MIT published their analysis of 126,000 rumors spread between 3 million twitter users over a ten year period. The...
by Michael Patterson | Mar 9, 2018 | Engineering, Government, Physics, Space, Technology |
This week was a big week for astronomers studying Jupiter with four separate articles published in Nature (1, 2, 3, 4). These discoveries are made...
