Machine Learning is Now Closer to Human Learning
Researchers from the Massachussets Institute of Technology, University of Toronto and New York University have developed an algorithm that allows machines to learn like humans,...
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Illumina Accelerates Four Selected Startups
Illumina has announced the winners of the third round of its accelerator program. The genomics company will invest in four biotech startups that work on nutrition, synthetic biology, the skin microbiome...
Bioinformatics
All Standard Experiments Could be Outsourced by the End of 2016
A San Francisco based company, Emerald Therapeutics, presented last year an internet-accessible, fully automated lab: the Emerald Cloud Laboratory (ECL). The enormous success of the initiative...
Bioinformatics
New Imaging Tool Maps Cellular Anatomy in 3D
A new imaging device can map the interior of a cell in 3D at the nanoscale. The special mass spectrometer, developed by engineers at Colorado...
Basic Research
Rolling DNA Motor is the Fastest Ever Designed
Researchers from Emory University have developed a nano-robot based on rolling DNA that moves faster than any previously designed DNA motors. The technique, based on...
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DNA-In® from AMSBIO, an Optimized CRISPR Reagent
AMSBIO has launched a new transfection reagent that facilitates the delivery of large plasmids for gene editing inside cells that are particularly difficult to transfect...
Bioengineering
Switching off 20000 Genes to Identify the Essential Ones
Scientists from the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre have identified the minimum set of human genes necessary for survival. Using the CRISPR technology, the researchers switched...
Bioengineering
Graphene-Based Paper Can Be Programmed to Walk
Engineers from Donghua University in Shanghai have developed a graphene-based paper that can walk and fold itself. Inspired by origami, the nanostructure can be excited by light...
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