Technology

The Promise Of CRISPR-Based Genome Editing

CRISPR/Cas systems for genome editing have revolutionized biological research over the past three years, and their ability to make targeted changes in DNA sequences in living cells with relative ease and affordability is now being applied to clinical medic ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2015 - 7:30am

Computer Program Can Recognize Sketches More Accurately Than A Human

The downside to computer programs is they lack the ability to interpret. A tiny human can look at a picture of a chicken and a cartoon of a chicken and know that's a chicken while a computer program cannot. Researchers from Queen Mary University of Lo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2015 - 11:00am

Kenya Example: How Re-Analyzing Scientific Research Data Can Change The Findings

Science, many people believe, is kept in check by scientists reviewing each other’s work. This has recently extended to re-analysis of data to see if results can be replicated, and has overturned important findings in medicine, economics, and sociology. W ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 26 2015 - 2:45pm

Object Recognition For Robots

John Leonard's group in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering specializes in SLAM, or simultaneous localization and mapping, the technique whereby mobile autonomous robots map their environments and determine their locations. Last week, at the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2015 - 6:39pm

Bomb-Proof Lining Contains Explosions In Aircraft

A bomb-proof lining called the  Fly-Bag has successfully contained blasts in a series of controlled explosions in the luggage hold of a Boeing 747 and an Airbus 321. Using this technology, tests show plane’s luggage hold may be able to contain force of an ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2015 - 9:00am

3D Printed ‘Smart Cap’ Can Detect Spoiled Food

3D printing technology can now include electrical components, such as resistors, inductors, capacitors and integrated wireless electrical sensing systems, and researchers have put that concept to the test by printing a wireless “smart cap” for a milk carto ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2015 - 3:28pm

A Smart Use For A.I.- Improving Wine Price Prediction

The price fluctuation of fine wines can now be predicted more accurately using a novel artificial intelligence approach. The method could be used to help fine wine investors make more informed decisions about their portfolios and encourage non-wine invest ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 7:58am

Fitbit For Cows Could Detect Disease Sooner

By Brian Owens, Inside Science-- Wearable fitness monitors are all the rage among humans right now, but they are also spreading among farm animals. Researchers hope the devices can help keep herds of beef cows healthy. Karin Orsel, a veterinary epidemiolo ...

Article - Inside Science - Aug 10 2015 - 10:00am

Developing A Better Flu Vaccine

Researchers say they have developed a method that could make a nasal spray flu vaccine effective for those under two and over 49- two groups for which the vaccine is not approved. By studying the weakened flu virus that is the basis for the nasal spray va ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2015 - 7:30am

What Can You Believe In An Open Access Journal World?

It’s never been easy for readers to know what to believe in academic research. The entire history of science publishing has been riddled with controversy and debate from its very beginning when Hobbes and Boyle, scientists at the Royal Society in London, ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 11 2015 - 8:01am