The petabyte—a quantity of digital information 12 orders of magnitude greater than the lowly kilobyte—looms large as a future standard for data. To glean knowledge from this deluge of data, a team of researchers at the ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 9, 2013
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Could a small ringlike structure made of plastic and copper amplify the already powerful imaging capabilities of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine? Xin Zhang, Stephan Anderson, and their team at the Boston University ...
General Physics
Jun 10, 2019
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CÚRAM researchers at University of Galway, together with colleagues at the Centre for Molecular Nanometrology at University of Strathclyde have published work unveiling the inner workings of cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 10, 2023
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Karan Dikshit (Ph.D.MatSci'22) is the first author on a paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces that introduces new adhesive materials that not only allow for easy sticking and unsticking but could eventually contribute ...
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2023
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The control and measurement of asserted forces on small objects are frequently seen in micromanipulation, material science, and biological and medical applications. Researchers in China have proposed for the first time the ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2021
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Meiotic drivers are a type of selfish gene. Present in the genomes of nearly all species, including humans, they unfairly transfer their genetic material to more than half of their offspring, sometimes leading to infertility, ...
Evolution
Oct 20, 2022
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Polina Golland’s parents tell the story that, sometime in the early 1980s, when Polina was in junior high, she announced that she wanted to go to MIT. That’s an unusual plan for any 13- or 14-year-old to hatch independently, ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 12, 2012
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Single-cell transcriptomic methods allow scientists to study thousands of individual cells from living organisms, one-by-one, and sequence each cell's genetic material. Genes are activated differently in each cell type, giving ...
Biotechnology
Apr 8, 2021
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A research team from the Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing and Materials (CDMM) has prepared a comprehensive overview of research on a family of sulfonimide dendrimers that holds promise for optics, photonics, and ...
Polymers
Dec 29, 2020
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Over time, the esoteric and sometimes downright strange quests of science have proven easy targets for politicians and others looking for perceived examples of waste in government—and a cheap headline.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2013
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