How to see the invisible: Using the dark matter distribution to test our cosmological...
It feels like a classical paradox: How do you see the invisible? But for modern astronomers, it is a very real challenge: How do you measure dark matter, which by definition emits no light?
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New method of clustering colorectal cancer patients using DPE sequencing
“ DPE analysis may have an important role in improving the diagnosis and management of CRC.”
Credit: 2023 Rubio-Mangas et al.
“ DPE analysis may have an important role in improving the diagnosis and management of...
StockWatch: Illumina Shares Steady as Icahn Escalates Proxy Fight
Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
The price of Illumina (ILMN) stock has hardly budged this past week, but that calm belies a continuing storm of developments that included a regulatory setback for the sequencing giant and...
Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice Reduced by Stimulating Adult Born Neurons
People with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) develop defects in cognitive functions including memory, as well as problems with noncognitive functions that can lead to anxiety and depression. Studying a process called adult hippocampus neurogenesis (AHN),...
UW researchers engineer stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for...
Birch reduction simplified to a one-minute mechanochemical process
The traditionally cumbersome yet widely-used Birch reduction can now be carried out in a mere minute in air using an optimized mechanochemical approach.
Credit: Koji Kubota
The traditionally cumbersome yet widely-used Birch reduction can now be...
Researchers construct super-sized nanocage for delivering larger drug cargoes
Think about how frustrating it is to try to fit a gift into a box that is too small. Sometimes you just need a bigger box. Building a bigger box Nanocages are tiny artificial...
Exclusive: RBC Analyst Weighs in on Icahn’s Proxy Battle for Illumina
Conor McNamara, CFA, equity research analyst with RBC Capital Markets
Illumina’s 2.5-year quest to acquire Grail for $7 billion is on the proverbial ropes and facing potential knockout blows. The latest came this week from...
Random matrix theory approaches the mystery of the neutrino mass!
When any matter is divided into smaller and smaller pieces, eventually all you are left with—when it cannot be divided any further—is a particle. Currently, there are 12 different known elementary particles, which in...
Making the Transition from Academia to CEO
In today’s ever-evolving life science industry, it is more important than ever for CEOs to have a strong understanding of both science and business. With the rapid pace of innovation, CEOs need to be...
