Researchers in the lab of geneticist George Church at Harvard Medical School have made two new advances in their ongoing efforts to safely and precisely expand the genetic code of life.
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2018
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It is 15 years since the UK sweltered in the record-breaking 2003 summer heatwave. While the sunshine was welcome to many, it also brought deadly consequences, with more than 2,000 people across England and Wales dying in ...
Environment
Feb 22, 2018
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Astronomers have the "all-clear" for an exciting test of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, thanks to a new discovery about S0-2's star status.
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2018
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Each year, nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. experience a stroke, and almost 90 percent of those are ischemic strokes in which a clot cuts off blood flow to part of the brain. To prevent further injury, blood flow to the ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 22, 2018
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Cephalopods—which include octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish—are masters of disguise. They can camouflage to precisely match their surroundings in a matter of seconds, and no scientist has quite been able to replicate the ...
Materials Science
Feb 22, 2018
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Did you make any New Year's resolutions this year? Have they been successful? By about this time of year, research shows that most New Year's resolutions have failed.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2018
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A vast new marine protected area has been created in the Indian Ocean around the Seychelle islands, the government announced Thursday.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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Europe's flight safety authority has published its first proposal on the safe operation of small drones, to serve as a guideline for the European Commission to adopt concrete regulations later this year.
Other
Feb 22, 2018
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Environmental scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have led an international collaboration to improve satellite observations of tropical forests.
Environment
Feb 22, 2018
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Genetic tools can be a powerful complement to visual identification of endangered fish, indicates a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2018
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