Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Rice University and Texas Children’s Hospital have come together to discover the state-of-the-art 3D genome assembly which can compile, from scratch, an entire genome of any organism at a faster and cheaper rate than ever before.
The universe is nearly 14 billion years old, approximately 23 million times as old as civilization. Astronomers have been assigned the daunting task of discovering exactly how this universe came to be what will happen to it in the future.
How can the complex compilation of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy be broken down into unintelligible bits of binary data, stored on complex electronic computer systems and then finally transmitted with the tap of a finger?
Over the past few decades, several systematic studies and meta-analyses have been conducted to evaluate the relationship between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular diseases. Most of the studies suggest that moderate drinking is associated with a lower risk of developing heart diseases compared to non-drinkers and heavy drinkers.
With 237 votes in favor of demotion and 157 against it, Pluto was officially voted out of its planet status during the International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2006 General Assembly in Prague.
Polar bears are the face of climate change. Their image raises awareness for wildlife habitat destruction on poster boards, TV commercials and science textbooks — and for appropriate reasons.
According to an ancient Chinese legend, in 2737 BCE, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting beneath a tree while a servant boiled water. Some leaves from that tree fell into the emperor’s drink, and he decided to see how the drink tasted. Thus tea was born.
The human body does not always run like a perfect machine. In fact, nearly two thirds of the mutations that lead to cancer are caused by the body’s arbitrary DNA copying mistakes.
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Researchers at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences in Hamilton, Ontario, have discovered a way to reverse Type 2 diabetes by combining a series of lifestyle and insulin therapies with the use of oral medications.
For anyone who doesn’t feel like hitting the gym or working out the traditional way, whole-body vibration (WBV) may be an effective alternative.
The use of antibiotics has marked a new era in science and medicine with its contribution to the treatment of infectious disease. But contrary to the belief that antibiotics are a recent discovery, research has shown traces of tetracycline in human skeletal remains dating back to between 350 and 550 CE.
Professor Shaochen Chen at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and his team of nanoengineers have successfully created a functioning network of blood vessels through 3D bioprinting.
Ru Chih Huang, the McElroy Honorary Research Professor at the Homewood Campus, discussed her lab work’s focus on cancer and viral research in an interview with The News-Letter.
It may seem ironic that painkillers, the very drugs that should end or at least lessen suffering, are commonly known to cause uncomfortable side effects such as nausea, dizziness, headaches, constipation and drowsiness.
Coffee and chocolate are two widely beloved, delicious delicacies. Often thought to be unhealthy, these two flavor powerhouses may in fact have benefits to attention, motivation and energy. Researchers at Clarkson University and the University of Georgia recently completed a year long study about the effects of caffeine and cocoa on attention and motivation to perform cognitive work.
To everyday consumers, the Fitbit has become more than just a fitness tracker: It doubles as both an activity log and a fashion accessory. However, through the efforts of researchers who created a scientific version of the Fitbit, the watch is now being used to track sleep patterns outside of our own species.
Neurologists at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, recently developed a wearable, wireless arm patch that may help to relieve episodic migraine pain.
Researchers at Stanford University have recently used computerized synapses to recreate brain networks.
