Sequencing a genome is getting cheaper, but making sense of the resulting data remains hard. Researchers have now found a new way to extract useful information out of sequenced DNA.
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2019
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An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth.
Astronomy
Jul 15, 2022
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University of Alberta chemists have developed new tools for studying the human immune system that lay the foundation for research that could improve understanding of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2020
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Using new methods to analyze stone projectile points crafted by North America's earliest human inhabitants, Smithsonian scientists have found that these tools show evidence of a shift toward more experimentation in their ...
Archaeology
Jul 26, 2017
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Lecithin is an ingredient that you've probably never heard of, but one that plays a vital role in the production of chocolate and many other foods. It's never been clear how this ingredient works on a molecular level, and ...
General Physics
Aug 25, 2015
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences Earth System Model (CAS-ESM2.0), a sophisticated Earth modeling tool, has achieved a major breakthrough in fully coupled atmospheric CO2 simulation, as revealed in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2023
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Earth's magnetic environment is filled with a symphony of sound that we cannot hear. All around our planet, ultralow-frequency waves compose a cacophonous operetta portraying the dramatic relationship between Earth and the ...
Astronomy
Apr 19, 2023
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In 2017 and again in 2019, Quebec was hit by major floods. The material and human cost of those disasters prompted the Quebec government to conduct an in-depth analysis of weather-event management.
Environment
Aug 30, 2022
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A comprehensive update to NOAA's Billion Dollar Disasters mapping tool now includes U.S. census tract data—providing many users with local community-level awareness of hazard risk, exposure and vulnerability across more ...
Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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EMBL Hamburg's García Alai Team has released eSPC, a freely available online platform for analyzing molecular biophysics data from a range of experimental techniques. The tool enables scientists around the world to easily ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 25, 2021
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