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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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.s. Proposes Spending $4 Billion on Self-Driving Cars
The Obama administration on Thursday promised to accelerate regulatory guidelines for driverless cars and to make an investment in research to commercialize them...
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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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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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Byu Researchers Improve Genome Assembly, Stumble Upon Signatures For Genetic Disorders
Brigham Young University researchers have developed an algorithm that is more sensitive to detecting specific types of variations in DNA sequences.
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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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The Bbva Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Goes to Stephen Cook
Cook expanded on Turing's concept of computability ... to include efficiency, so we can ascertain which problems are worth trying to solve and which not.
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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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w Computer Scientists to Make Financial Products Better and More Available For the Poor
University of Washington computer scientists and engineers plan to develop, test, and deploy technologies to make financial applications more available to the poor...
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Can Computer Games Improve the Ability to Study?
University of Bristol researchers conducted a brain-imaging study showing technological game-playing can involve brain activity that supports learning.
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In Pursuit of an Affordable Tablet For the Blind
University of Michigan researchers have developed an inexpensive, full-page braille tablet.
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.s. STEM Funding Still Reeling From Budget Cuts
Some U.S. agencies and higher education institutions that lost much-needed federal grants to sequestration may still be left wanting.
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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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