Assistant Professor of Computer Science (CS) - University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI
Kingston, RI, United States
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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Replications, Ridicule and a Recluse: The Controversy Over Ngago Gene-Editing Intensifies
A controversy is escalating over whether a gene-editing technique proposed as an alternative to the popular CRISPR–Cas9 system actually works.
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Few people have heard of Michele Tobias's research field—and even fewer study it.
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The nsung Heroes of Crispr
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How China Is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins
On the outskirts of Beijing, a small limestone mountain named Dragon Bone Hill rises above the surrounding sprawl.
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First Crispr Clinical Trial Gets Green Light from S Panel
CRISPR, the genome-editing technology that has taken biomedical science by storm, is finally nearing human trials.
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Promising Gene Therapies Pose Million-Dollar Conundrum
Drugs that act by modifying a patient’s genes are close to approval in the United States, and one is already available in Europe. The developments mark a triumph...
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The Man Who Can Map the Chemicals All Over Your Body
Apart from the treadmill desk, Pieter Dorrestein's office at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is unremarkable: there is a circular table with chairs...
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Plan to Synthesize Human Genome Elicits Mixed Response
Proposals for a large public-private initiative to synthesize an entire human genome from scratch—an effort that could take a decade and require billions of dollars...
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Digital Forensics: From the Crime Lab to the Library
When archivists at California's Stanford University received the collected papers of the late palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould in 2004, they knew right away they...
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1,500 Scientists Lift the Lid on Reproducibility
More than 70% of researchers have tried and failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own experiments...
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Gene Variants Linked to Success at School Prove Divisive
The largest-ever genetics study in the social sciences has turned up dozens of DNA markers that are linked to the number of years of formal education an individual...
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S and China Eye p European Gravitational-Wave Mission
In the wake of the historic detection of gravitational waves by a terrestrial US experiment, a space-borne European effort is drawing interest from a range of parties...
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Uk Graphene Inquiry Reveals Commercial Struggles
The £61-million (US$89-million) National Graphene Institute (NGI) at the University of Manchester, UK, has been open for little more than a year. But a parliamentary...
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AI Talent Grab Sparks Excitement and Concern
When Andrew Ng joined Google from Stanford University in 2011, he was among a trickle of artificial-intelligence (AI) experts in academia taking up roles in industry...
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The Quiet Revolutionary: How the Co-Discovery of CRISPR Explosively Changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s Life
Emmanuelle Charpentier's office is bare, save for her computer.
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Controversial Dark-Matter Claim Faces ltimate Test
It is the elephant in the room for dark-matter research: a claimed detection that is hard to believe, impossible to confirm and surprisingly difficult to explain...
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Flagship Brain Project Releases Neuro-Computing Tools
Europe's major brain-research project has unveiled a set of prototype computing tools and called on the global neuroscience community to start using them.
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'minimal' Cell Raises Stakes in Race to Harness Synthetic Life
Genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter has created a synthetic cell that contains the smallest genome of any known, independent organism.
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On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet
Astronomer Scott Sheppard runs through his checklist as he settles in for a long night of skygazing at the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
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Science As Art: Wellcome Image Awards 2016
Nature editors present their pick of the winning scientific images in the awards run by the Wellcome Trust. The London biomedical charity will announce the overall...
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