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Unraveling the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey

Unraveling the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey

An international consortium of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey, thanks in part to the efforts of Virginia Tech faculty members.

Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds?

Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds?

Now that astronomers are finding rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, they're asking the logical questions: Do any of those worlds have volcanoes? And if so, could we detect them? Work by theorists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that the answer to the latter is a qualified "Yes."

Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation of tropical cyclones

Research suggests ocean color is linked to formation of tropical cyclones

More hurricanes may form in greener waters, where sunlight tends to be absorbed at shallower depths, than in clear seas, according to new research that draws a link between ocean color and the formation and movement of tropical cyclones.

New process created to program cancer cell death

New process created to program cancer cell death

Researchers at Caltech have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells. The process developed uses small RNA molecules that can be programmed to attack only specific cancer cells; then, by changing shape, those molecules cause the cancer cells to self-destruct.

Researchers show that the Big Bang was followed by chaos

Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague have proven it using rigorous mathematical arguments.

New structures serve science

New structures serve science

With major funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has built new lab space for battery researchers and scientists who investigate “metamaterials,” upgraded an aging transformer bank that supplied electricity to the entire site, and constructed a modern facility to support thousands of scientists who visit the laboratory each year to conduct cutting-edge experiments on all manner of matter.

How ribbons roll

How ribbons roll

Galileo Galilei’s experiments on the motions of falling and rolling objects, described in his 1638 book, Two New Sciences, are considered by many to be the beginning of modern science. Now researchers at MIT have conducted a variation on his experiments that has produced unexpected results.

Imaging reveals key metabolic factors of cannibalistic bacteria

Imaging reveals key metabolic factors of cannibalistic bacteria

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have revealed new details about how cannibalistic bacteria identify peers suitable for consumption. The work, which employed imaging mass spectrometry, is a first step toward a broader effort to map all signaling molecules between organisms.

Tiny flying bots benefit from car-like drivetrain

Tiny flying bots benefit from car-like drivetrain

Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, and other places too perilous for people.

Chemists develop simple technique to visualize atomic-scale structures

Chemists develop simple technique to visualize atomic-scale structures

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new technique—using a sheet of carbon just one atom thick—to visualize the structure of molecules. The technique, which was used to obtain the first direct images of how water coats surfaces at room temperature, can also be used to image a potentially unlimited number of other molecules, including antibodies and other biomolecules.

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Call for collaboration

Call for collaboration

The world of R&D is full of collaboration. R&D Magazine has seen this directly through some of the winners of the R&D 100 awards in the past. However, not only is collaboration important to the world of R&D, but it is essentially important to all aspects of life. For the Army, it is not different.

The Bionic Age sparks “100s” recollections

The Bionic Age sparks “100s” recollections

I’ve always liked looking at the images in National Geographic. They are always so beautiful or so gut wrenching that I fell in love with the magazine during my college years. I also couldn’t live without going to Borders every Sunday and picking up the New York Times and Time to read as well. I was extremely happy when I found out that my family had subscribed to National Geographic recently, and had seen that our first issue arrived yesterday. In the issue there was an interesting article about bionics—something that I never really thought about until last year.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new integrated ELN and CDS solution for Symyx Notebook

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the availability of a new Thermo Scientific Atlas Chromatography Data System (CDS) integration solution for Symyx Technologies’ electronic laboratory notebook (ELN).

Halogen-free embedded capacitance material

Design engineers in the electronics industry who are seeking ways to improve power integrity and reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) while meeting halogen-free requirements now have a new solution to meet their needs. The 3M Electronic Solutions Division now offers halogen-free versions of its Embedded Capacitance Material (ECM).

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Infrared Spectrometer Specifications Guide

In other forms of spectroscopy, wavelength absorption generates measurement data. In the infrared (IR) wavelength, however, the key phenomena for measurement are the vibrational frequencies generated by the molecular bonds under analysis.

Mass Spectrometer Specifications Guide

Mass spectrometers and mass spectrometry techniques have been used in R&D laboratories since the early 1900s for varying applications in pharmaceutical, semiconductor, biotech, environmental monitoring, chemical analysis, and forensics laboratories.

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