Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings us closer to suppressing them on a continental scale.
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2017
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Having minority middle school students write a series of self-affirmation exercises focusing on core values improved the odds that the students would pursue college tracks in school, according to Stanford scholars.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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Older farmers and those whose farms are high in debt with lower rates of return are more likely to intend to quit farming during times of water scarcity when the property market is more depressed, according to new research ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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A Bayesian network is a directed acyclic graph (DAG) or a probabilistic graphical model used by statisticians. Vertices of this model represent different variables. Any connections between variables indicate a conditional ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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When organic chemists identify a useful chemical compound—a new drug, for instance—it's up to chemical engineers to determine how to mass-produce it.
Materials Science
Jun 27, 2017
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A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, is preparing to take part in research expedition to coastal Greenland where they will examining, for the first time, how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2017
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn's sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2017
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A diagnostic technique that can detect tiny molecules signalling the presence of cancer could be on the horizon.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 27, 2017
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Engineering education researchers have developed a method to assess the effectiveness of instructors who are using an innovative teaching approach that could play a role in boosting the number and quality of engineering graduates.
Engineering
Jun 27, 2017
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High performance motion detection technology is critical as the 'eyes' of advanced robotic systems for applications including factory management and autonomous machines in home environments. Traditional robot vision devices ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 27, 2017
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