Gene expression can be turned on and off like a switch, or it can be finely adjusted , as with a volume control knob. Dr Garth Ilsley, research scientist in Prof. Nick Luscombe's unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and ...
Biotechnology
Feb 8, 2016
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Flocks of birds, schools of fish, and groups of any other living organisms might have a mathematical function in common. Studying aquatic microorganisms, Andrea Giometto, a researcher EPFL and Eawag, showed that for each ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2013
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What is and is not possible for natural evolution may be explained using models and calculations from theoretical physics, say researchers in Japan.
General Physics
May 29, 2020
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Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a novel algebraic model of DNA "hybridization," a process central to most biotechnology devices that monitor changes in cell's ...
General Physics
Nov 1, 2010
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Quantum encryption using single photons is a promising technique for boosting the security of communication systems and data networks, but there are challenges in applying the method over large distances due to transmission ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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Can a computer read your body language? A consortium of European researchers thinks so, and has developed a range of innovative solutions from escalator safety to online marketing.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 1, 2010
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The Human Genome Project generated the first sequence of the human genome, revealing a kind of blueprint of human biology. Two decades later, the field of gene regulatory networks describes a complex system where thousands ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2024
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Computational neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have done the sums - and found that a mathematical model could help improve the understanding of developmental disorders.
Mathematics
Sep 16, 2010
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A good way to find out what a cell is doing—whether it is growing out of control as in cancers, or is under the control of an invading virus, or is simply going about the routine business of a healthy cell—is to look ...
Biotechnology
Apr 5, 2021
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A new study from Michigan State University makes inroads in learning to "read" the genome, a key goal of modern biology.
Biotechnology
May 9, 2016
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