Pere Estupinyà: “In Latin America There Is a Growing Interest in Science and Innovation”
I was fortunate to meet Pere Estupinyà in person few years ago. I was always attracted by science outreach, and Pere was and remains a leader...
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Contribute Processing Power to Science and Earn CryptoCurrency
Stanford University based distributed computing platform Folding@Home has launched Foldingcoin, a new Cryptocurrency platform to award CPU & GPU contributors for to tabulate and analyse...
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Microsoft Smart Traps to Capture Mosquitoes and Analyze Pathogenic DNA
Microsoft has launched Project Premonition, an initiative that will identify pathogens in mosquitoes to foresee worldwide distribution of transmitable diseases and prevent them. The IT company will use...
Bioinformatics
A Newly Discovered Prion Causes Muscular System Atrophy
Alpha-synuclein, the only prion discovered in 50 years, might be the cause of a deadly brain disorder called muscular system atrophy (MSA). The finding by UCSF...
Biomedicine
BioChain Presents a Totally Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Platform
BioChain has released the AnaPrep (Automated Nucleic Acid Preparation System), a nucleic acid extraction platform based on magnetic beads technology. The process consists of three...
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Nobel Laureate’s Sexist Comments Trigger Viral Twitter Backlash
Nobel laureate Tim Hunt’s sexist comments about girls “falling in love” and “cry when criticized” has led to huge social backlash and women researchers posting...
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Two Years into Making Reviewers Relevant
Two years ago a group of researchers set out to create a platform to give reviewers credit for the countless hours of peer review that...
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GeniPhys Commercializes Self-Assembling Collagen for Research and Medical Applications
Research team from Purdue University-based startup GeniPhys led by Associate Professor Sherry Harbin is commercializing their collagen polymers known as Collymers that exhibit uncommon self-assembly...
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