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Scientists Capture Crispr's Gene-Cutting in Action
For all the furious hype around the gene-editing tool Crispr/Cas9, no one has ever really seen it in action. Like really seen it.
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Wikipedia Turns 15
It must be difficult for the roughly half a billion people who visit Wikipedia every month to remember a world without the free online encyclopedia.
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Virtual Reality For Motor Rehabilitation of the Shoulder
Carlos III University of Madrid researchers have developed a virtual-reality system for motor rehabilitation of the shoulder.
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New Lab to Give Nation's Researchers Remote Access to Robots
The Georgia Institute of Technology is building the Robotarium, a laboratory that will enable roboticists to conduct experiments remotely.
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China's Quantum Space Pioneer: We Need to Explore the nknown
Physicist Pan Jian-Wei is the architect of the world's first attempt to set up a quantum communications link between Earth and space—an experiment that is set to...
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The Nfl Is Finally Tapping Into the Power of Data
The NFL may be the most popular and profitable major sport in America, but until recently, it's lagged behind other leagues in sophisticated use of data analysis...
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Gene Editing Shows Promise in Treating Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is one of the most common fatal genetic diseases. It causes muscle degeneration and eventually death due to weakened heart and lung...
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Programmable Material Algorithm Solves niversal Coating Problem
Research from Arizona State University answers a question that has stumped mathematicians pondering the properties of programmable materials.
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The Seesaw of Supply and Demand
Singapore Management University professor Pradeep Varakantham dynamically and continuously matches supply with demand to tackle complex urban challenges.
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The Convenience-Surveillance Tradeoff
People love free stuff. That's the principle that helps explain the complicated series of privacy-related calculations that modern life increasingly requires.
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Shrouding Oneself in Secrecy
Identity cloaking tools, developed to protect the privacy of Internet users, are being used to skirt cybersecurity and international law.
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Linux Foundation Moves Dronecode Project Forward
The open source Dronecode effort, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project launched in October 2014, has grown from only a handful of members to 51.
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Bitter Fight Over Crispr Patent Heats Up
A versatile technique for editing genomes has been called the biggest biotechnology advancesince the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the US Patent and Trademark...
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The President Wants Every Student to Learn Computer Science. How Would That Work?
President Obama used his final State of the Union address Tuesday night to reflect on his legacy. But he also put forth some specific proposals for his remaining...
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New Details on Ceres Seen in Dawn Images
Features on dwarf planet Ceres that piqued the interest of scientists throughout 2015 stand out in exquisite detail in the latest images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft...
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Google Opens p About When Its Self-Driving Cars Have Nearly Crashed
Google says its fleet of automated vehicles, currently undergoing testing, have had 13 near-misses in which a driver had to intervene to prevent a collision.
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In Pursuit of an Affordable Tablet For the Blind
An inexpensive, full-page braille tablet could make topics like science and math more easily accessible to the blind, according to a team of researchers who have...
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An Easy Way For Hackers to Remotely Burn Industrial Motors
Hacks that cause physical destruction are so rare they can be counted on one hand.
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Prediction Machines Will See the Future For Hedge Funds, CIA
Every time a new year rolls in, lots of people make predictions. Most will either be obvious (Apple will put out some new products) or wrong (still waiting for...
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