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Researchers find extensive RNA editing in human transcriptome

In a new study published online in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demons ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers realize high-power, narrowband terahertz source at room temperature

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a simpler way to generate single-chip terahertz radiation, a discovery that could soon allow for more rapid security screening, border protection, high sensitivity biological/chemical ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New contrast agents detect bacterial infections with high sensitivity and specificity

A new family of contrast agents that sneak into bacteria disguised as glucose food can detect bacterial infections in animals with high sensitivity and specificity. These agents -- called maltodextrin-based ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop integrated nanomechanical sensor for atomic force microscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The atomic force microscope (AFM) is an important tool for nanoscale surface metrology. Typical AFMs map local tip-surface interactions by scanning a flexible cantilever probe over a surface. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sensor measures yoctonewton forces fast

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have used a small crystal of ions (electrically charged atoms) to detect forces at the scale of yoctonewtons. Measurements ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canon develops world's largest CMOS image sensor, with ultra-high sensitivity

Canon Inc. announced today that it has developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because its expanded size enables greater light-gathering capability, the sensor ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sensitive people may use their brains differently

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exploratory study has examined highly sensitive people and found the first evidence of neural differences between them and less sensitive people. Most studies have focused on the social ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

New imaging technology brings trace chemicals into focus (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Could Alzheimer's disease be diagnosed with a simple blood test?

Spanish researchers, led by Pedro Carmona from the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, have uncovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease more accurately. Their technique, which is non-invasive, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New diabetes treatment lowers blood sugar with less need for insulin

Diabetes can result from either a deficiency of insulin (type 1 or insulin-dependent diabetes) or decreased sensitivity to insulin (type 2 diabetes). Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a mechanism for ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Mothers' high blood sugar in pregnancy is linked to children's reduced insulin sensitivity

Children of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity—a risk factor for type 2 diabetes—even after taking into consideration the children's body weight, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most efficient spectrograph to shoot the Southern skies

ESO's Very Large Telescope, Europe's flagship facility for ground-based astronomy, has been equipped with the first of its second generation instruments: X-shooter. It can record the entire spectrum of a celestial ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

World temps maintain the heat of global warming

2011 is currently tied for the 10th hottest since records began in 1850 and Arctic sea ice has shrunk to record-low volumes this year, the U.N. weather office said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 69

BGI develops RNA-Seq (Quantification) from as low as 100 Ng total RNA

Beijing Genomics Institute reported that they have achieved optimization RNA-Seq (Quantification) library construction with total RNA inputs as low as 100 ng. This breakthrough enables the application of RNA-Seq (Quantification) ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magnetic field sensors for monitoring heart and brain activity developed

High sensitivity magnetic sensors are important in medical diagnostics for applications such as monitoring heart and brain activities, where mapping distributions of localized extremely weak magnetic fields ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0