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from MyNews4.com by Cassie Wilson RENO, Nev. (MyNews4.com & KRNV) — 200 young scientist and engineers competed in the 49th Annual Western Nevada Regional Science and Engineering Fair (WNRSF) March 2-3. The projects represented the top winners from school fairs ...

from Newsweek by Jessica Firger A group of researchers say they’ve taken a critical step in proving the Zika virus is most likely the cause of a rising number of microcephaly cases in Brazil. An investigation conducted on lab cultures, ...

from HPC Wire by Makeda Easter, Sept. 21 — Undergraduate biology labs are designed to prepare students for real-life biology work. These labs usually involve tried and true exercises like animal dissections, investigating enzymes, and microscope work.While traditional lab work ...

from HPC Wire by John Russell Univa’s recent launch of the Grid Engine Container Edition is the latest evidence of growing support for Docker containers in high-performance computing (HPC). Last month NERSC introduced Shifter, a tool for bringing Docker containers ...

from GenomeWeb by Andrew P. Han NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Scientists interested but not well versed in transcriptome profiling can now go to the Broad Institute for help. The Broad Technology Labs Specialized Services Facility offers automated services for high-throughput ...

Portable ultrafast genetic sequencer goes to market DEALSTREETASIA-6 hours ago MinION, a portable DNA sequencer that fits in a human palm and can gives the advantage of analysing samples by on-the-spot sequencing is … MinION: $1,000 pocket-sized DNA sequencer successfully ...

from phgfoundation by Rebecca Burbidge UK-based DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore has showcased new nanopore sequencing technologies in development. The new technologies previewed at the company’s London Calling event were a new version of MinION to be released in 2016, ...

from GenomeWeb by Monica Heger NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers from Stanford University have modified Illumina’s TruSeq Synthetic Long Read library prep method to work with RNA sequencing and demonstrated that the technique can sequence full-length cDNAs, including previously undescribed ...

from Genetic Engineering News The National Cancer Institute (NCI) led study will investigate the unique molecular indicators of tumors associated with cancer patients with excellent prognosis to drug therapies. The study will include participation from Baylor College of Medicine, Nationwide ...

from the Daily Aztec by Adriana Millar According to a new San Diego State study, the time someone eats may be as important as what he or she eats. The new study, recently published by SDSU researchers and the Salk Institute for Biological ...