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Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world
(Botanical Society of America) For many laboratories in the developing world, lack of funding and practical experience are hurdles to generating their own DNA sequence data. However, the financial, technical, and logistical burden of producing sequen...
California Wildfire Survivors Are Building Back--at a Cost
Residents rebuilding after last year’s deadly Tubbs Fire are taking more precautions-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Other Reason Mosquitoes Want to Suck Your Blood
Mosquitoes are more likely to bite hosts when they are thirsty, possibly increasing disease spread-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Effort to Diversify Medical Research Raises Thorny Questions of Race
A federal study aiming to collect the health information of one million U.S. residents is limited by the very problems it hopes to solve-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
More than 40 percent of women with asthma may develop COPD, but risk may be reduced
(American Thoracic Society) More than four in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study conducted in Ontario, Canada, and published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Socie...
Scientists discover how to protect yeast from damage in biofuel production
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Some chemicals used to speed up the breakdown of plants for production of biofuels like ethanol are poison to the yeasts that turn the plant sugars into fuel. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and...
A video game can change the brain, may improve empathy in middle schoolers
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) A fantastical scenario involving a space-exploring robot crashing on a distant planet is the premise of a video game developed for middle schoolers by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to study whether vide...
Lunar Exploration Tech Tops NASA's "Tipping Point" Funding List
The agency awarded a total of $44 million to multiple firms developing crucial technologies for future space exploration-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence outlines the Trump administration’s plans for raising the profile of space defense, leading to the establishment of the Department of the Space Force, during a Pentagon address. (White House / DOD via YouTube)
The Trump admi...
Time saving tooling rods used on NASA's Webb Telescope sunshield
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Folding and refolding bed sheets to ensure they are squared can take a lot of time. It's the same with unfurling and folding up NASA's massive James Webb Space Telescope sunshield during testing.