Technology
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Article - Steve Savage - Feb 20 2014 - 3:29pm
- Nuclear Gene Sequencing In The Sunflower Family- Now On GitHub
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DNA sequencing technologies continue to make bold strides, and that means a lot for the plant sciences. Genome-scale data sets obtained from these new technologies will allow researchers to greatly improve our understanding of evolutionary relationships, ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2014 - 4:29pm
- Finally, Magnets In Medicine That Will Actually Work- It Fights Melanoma In Mice
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You might recall that a few years ago, lots of athletes wore magnetic bracelets in the belief that their performance would improve. Like much woo, be it homeopathy or organic food or skull drilling, it proceeded from a reasonable basis; in the case of mag ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 3:46pm
- AIDA Software Makes Vague Online Searching More Accurate
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If a name is ambiguous and given without context, humans struggle to understand the meaning, so you can imagine the struggle computers have. When Germans read the last name "Merkel" without context, they will not know if it refers to the Chance ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2014 - 10:34am
- MIT Makes A Water Filter From The Sapwood In Tree Branches
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Boy scouts know this, and now we'll let you in on a secret too: if you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution. Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pou ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2014 - 11:32am
- Turing Did Biology Too? His Paper On Chemical Morphogenesis Validated
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Alan Turing was long famous in computer science and then became notable due to his sexuality and its controversy in England. Less well known is his work in biology and chemistry. During World War II, Turing helped cracked the German Enigma Code, which mad ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2014 - 5:36pm
- Social Media Is Contagious- Practice Safe Hex
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Can you catch a mood from someone online? Most people would answer 'yes', because lots of comments on the Internet enrage them. A political science paper says they can confirm it. ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2014 - 4:57pm
- Detector Identifies 7 Emotions- Including This One That Makes For A Dangerous Driver
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New technology developed by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne allows them to detect facial expressions and identify which of the seven universal emotions a person is feeling: fear, anger, joy, sadness, disgust, surprise, or suspicion. This could be ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 12:37am
- Mmmmm: Gluten-Free Crackers Made Of Hemp And Green Tea
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Gluten-free foods are all the rage. What was once the plight of celiac patients has become the latest health fad and a $5 billion annual industry. Companies like General Mills and others have taken advantage of the 200 percent higher prices people are wil ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 3:26pm
- 21st Century Bionic Plants Might Even Monitor For Environmental Pollutants
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It's hard to imagine how plants, one of nature's greatest successes, could be improved, but nanobionic plants which enhance the photosynthetic function of chloroplasts isolated from plants for possible use in solar cells may get a boost. By augm ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2014 - 1:00am
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