Researchers present a new chip design they call Swarm, which should make parallel programs not…
Month: June 2016
‘Space tsunami’ causes the third Van Allen Belt
Earth’s magnetosphere, the region of space dominated by Earth’s magnetic field, protects our planet from…
Breathing space for the Gulf Stream
The salinity of the waters around Greenland plays an important role in driving the Gulf…
Shedding light on an assistant protein
Scientists can now observe in-protein motions with high spatial and temporal resolution. This is made…
New brain map could enable novel therapies for autism,Huntington’s disease
Scientists have mapped an uncharted portion of the mouse brain to explain which circuit disruptions…
‘Holy grail’ of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be in sight
An existing medication could have promise in preventing breast cancer in women carrying a faulty…
‘Aspirin-Guide’ app for clinicians helps personalize decisions about aspirin use
To help clinicians and patients make informed decisions about aspirin use, researchers have developed a…
10,000 windows onto biomolecular information processing
A new ‘brute force’ technique has been developed to test thousands of biochemical reactions at…
Scientists engineer tunable DNA for electronics applications
A team has been able to understand and manipulate DNA to more finely tune the…
Has incidence of Parkinson’s disease increased over past 30 years?
A study of patients in a Minnesota county suggests the incidence (new cases) of parkinsonism…