what are referred to as tetragonal sites of the crystal structure. Due to their different configurations of electrons, these tetrahedra become elongated along the crystallographic c-axis for nickel,
Peninsula of orthorhombic state At a mixture ratio of 85%nickel and 15%copper, the spinel system displays a kind of narrow peninsula of orthorhombic state in the phase diagram where the observed Anm
and colleagues identified a subset of developmentally relevant genes that are activated prior to the first cell division using computer-assisted mathematical modeling that can be used to predict
"said Jianlin Cheng, an associate professor of computer science in the MU College of Engineering.""RNA sequencing is the means by
Often, scientists must sift through incredibly large amounts of data to get to usable results. RNAMINER has cut that time drastically."
the MU Informatics Institute and the Bond Life sciences Center to analyze vast genomic data sets and to formulate the design of RNAMINER.
The website was created to be user friendly and allows users to upload data, analyze it through as many as five steps against the complete genomes of five species:
human, mouse, Drosophila melanogaster (a type of fly), TAIR10 arabidopsis (a small flowering plant) and Clostridium perfringens (a type of bacterium.
Genomic data for any species is welcome for upload to grow the database. On average, two gigabytes of data takes approximately 10 hours for the servers to process
and analyze. Most researchers get results within a couple of hours, Cheng said.""To use our pipeline,
you don't have to know about computing tools, "Cheng said.""You just need to upload files
In the first days of reprogramming mouse cells, the researchers observed that their production of netrin-1 was reduced strongly.
This time, the quantity of ips cells produced from mouse cells was much more greater.
The other type of mouse, called Beethoven, has a specific TMC1 mutation--a change in a single amino acid
but with gene therapy, they jump as high as a normal mouse, "says Holt. The force of their jump was measured by a plate on the floor underneath them;
or spread from their first location to sites throughout the body. For the first time, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia report a single molecule that appears to be the central regulator driving metastasis in prostate cancer.
which allows many cancer cell types to become mobile, as well as a number of other gene networks involved in other steps in the metastatic cascade, such as cell migration and invasion.
And in mice with aggressive human tumors, an inhibitor of DNA-PKCS reduced overall tumor burden in metastatic sites.
#Wireless data delivery over active TV channels tested Rice university engineers have demonstrated the first system that allows wireless data transmissions over UHF channels during active TV broadcasts.
it could significantly expand the reach of so-called"super Wi-fi"networks in urban areas.""Due to the popularity of cable, satellite and Internet TV, the UHF spectrum is one of the most underutilized portions of the wireless spectrum in the United states,
"said lead researcher Edward Knightly.""That's a bitter irony because the demand for mobile data services is expected to grow tenfold in the next five years,
and the UHF band is suited perfectly for wireless data.""Knightly, professor and department chair of electrical
and computer engineering and director of the Rice Wireless Network Group, said the UHF spectrum, which ranges from 400 to 700 megahertz,
is called often the"beachfront property"of the wireless spectrum. Unlike the higher frequency signals used for existing Wi-fi hotspots,
UHF signals carry for miles and are blocked not by walls or trees. Because of these advantages, wireless data hotspots that use UHF are referred often to as"super Wi-fi."
"In the U s.,TV broadcasters have been given preferential access to the UHF spectrum for more than 50 years.
If no TV broadcaster has laid claim to a UHF channel, the Federal Communications Commission allows secondary users to transmit wireless data on that channel,
provided that the transmissions do not interfere with TV broadcasts in any part of the UHF spectrum.
"Unfortunately, in the most densely populated areas of the country, where the need for additional wireless data services is the greatest,
According to a 2014 report by the TV rating company Nielsen, fewer than 10 percent of U s. households rely on over-the-air broadcasts for TV programming.
Knightly and Rice graduate student Xu Zhang developed a technology called"Wi-fi in Active TV Channels,
and the WATCH system actively monitors whenever a nearby TV is tuned to a channel to avoid interfering with reception.
One aspect of WATCH monitors TV broadcasts on a channel and uses sophisticated signal-canceling techniques to insert wireless data transmissions into the same channel;
that eliminates TV broadcasts from interfering with the super Wi-fi data signals being sent to computer users,
The other aspect of WATCH is dedicated to making certain that data transmissions do not interfere with TV reception;
When that happened, the WATCH system automatically shifted its data transmissions to another part of the UHF spectrum that wasn't being used."
"Our tests showed that WATCH could provide at least six times more wireless data compared with situations where we were limited only to the traditionally available white-space spectrum,
Wi-fi in Active TV Channels,"won best-paper honors last month at Association of Computing Machinery's Mobihoc 2015 conference in Hangzhou, China.
Knightly said technology like WATCH will become increasingly important as the demand for wireless data services increases and the number of broadcast TV viewers decreases.
For example, a 2014 Cisco report found that nearly a half-billion mobile devices with data connections had been added to the global supply within the previous year, bringing the global total to 7. 4 billion--a bit more than number of people On earth, according to the U s. Census bureau.
Of the 7. 4 billion data-connected devices Cisco found that more than a quarter were used smartphones,
which an estimated 22 times more data than nonsmart devices.""Allowing the UHF spectrum to be used inefficiently makes little sense today
and will make even less sense in the future, "Knightly said.""There are already more people in the United states who require mobile data services than there are people using broadcast-only TV.
By showing that these two communities can coexist, we hope to spur innovation and a public debate about how this valuable resource could be used
In a paper published July 10 in the journal Physical Review Letters, Zongfu Yu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering,
#Better memory with faster lasers By studying the effect of femtosecond laser pulses on the types of materials used to make DVDS,
researchers made a discovery that could one day lead to better information storage in computers.
These two states represent 0s and 1s of digital data.""Today, nanosecond lasers--lasers that pulse light at one-billionth of a second--are used to record information on DVDS and Blu-ray disks,
by driving the material from one state to another, "explains Giovanni Vanacore, a postdoctoral scholar and an author on the study.
The speed with which data can be recorded is determined both by the speed of the laser--that is,
--and to how fast data can be recorded, regardless of the laser speeds used.""Even if there is a laser faster than a femtosecond laser,
"Despite revealing such limits, the research could one day aid the development of better data storage for computers,
Right now, computers generally store information in several ways, among them the well-known random-access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM.
RAM, which is used to run the programs on your computer, can record and rewrite information very quickly via an electrical current.
whenever the computer is powered down. ROM storage, including CDS and DVDS, uses phase-change materials and lasers to store information.
Although ROM records and reads data more slowly, the information can be stored for decades. Finding ways to speed up the recording process of phase-change materials
and understanding the limits to this speed could lead to a new type of memory that harnesses the best of both worlds.
and then rewrite a DVD. Although these applications could mean exciting changes for future computer technologies,
which could, in the absence of this data, lead to a selection of therapy which may not be the most appropriate for these patients.
"This is the first large clinical trial to compare liquid versus conventional tissue biopsy data, and the results show the former (BEAMING technology) obtain more data on tumor mutation throughout the course of the disease,
enabling us to better target therapy to the specificities of patient's tumor; this could have a considerable impact on clinical practice,
However, recent data from the research group led by Markus Hengstschläger of the Institute for Medical Genetics of the Medical University of Vienna now suggest that another protein complex,
#Noninvasive device could end daily finger pricking for people with diabetes A new laser sensor that monitors blood glucose levels without penetrating the skin could transform the lives of millions of people living with diabetes.
or invasive continuous monitors, which use implanted sensors that need regular replacement. Professor Jose said:"
which sends alerts to smart phones or readings directly to doctors, allowing them to profile how a person is managing their diabetes over time."
When the glass is in contact with the users'skin, the extent of fluorescence signal varies in relation to the concentration of glucose in their blood.
acting in a similar way as that used in smartphones. Because of this, our device is more affordable, with lower running costs than the existing self-monitoring systems."
One will be a finger-touch device similar to a computer mouse. The other will be a wearable version for continuous monitoring."
suggest that the new monitor has the potential to perform as well as conventional technologies. More clinical trials and product optimization are required for regulatory approvals
But in this case, researchers analyzed data from more than 30,000 people who were 45 or older, bringing together genetic and cognitive functioning data from participants in several studies in 12 different countries.
In addition they examined genetic variations across 2. 5 million sites along each individual's DNA, looking for associations between genetic variants and performance on several different tests of cognitive function.
Of the different cognitive skills examined, the strongest genetic association was related to performance on a test of information processing speed.
"We now have the technology to measure across the entire genome in a much more fine-grained manner compared to a few years ago, in this case 2. 5 million sites,
The collaboration of leading scientists from around the world, who have agreed to pool their data
"The core CHARGE cohorts include five population-based studies, including the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, AGES-Reykjavik Study, Framingham Heart Study, Cardiovascular Health Study,
#First-of-its-kind tornado panels installed in Montgomery Home in June, UAB's tornado panels designed to protect against flying debris were installed as an integral component of a safe room in a new construction home in the Montgomery, Alabama area.
Uday Vaidya, Ph d.,professor and chair of UAB's Department of Materials science and engineering, worked with Storm Resistant Systems
and Cooper Structural Engineers to scale the panels for use in this home. The safe room is designed in accordance with FEMA standards to withstand 250 mile-per-hour winds,
The UAB panels were approved by the National Storm Shelter Association to hold up against an EF5 tornado."
"To see panels pass our most extreme test the first time is said very impressive Larry Tanner, P. E.,manager of the NSSA/Texas Tech Debris Impact Test Facility."
"The composition of thermoplastic and fiberglass resins and fibers used in the panels are stronger per-unit density than the steel used in many current shelters
The team working on the safe room developed a steel frame that holds the panels, and the frame can be broken down
"The UAB panels are unique in comparison to the other products I've seen used in that they are lightweight, similar to plywood,
what makes these panels a step above other products on the market.""This installation comes after four years of research, testing, approvals and manufacturing, following the 2011 Alabama tornado outbreak.
so we built panels that would resist the debris completely.""The panels, secured to each other
and the floor of an interior room, protect against flying debris and are designed to keep people from being crushed
and I think with these panels, we've done just that.""The panels leave the assembly line looking like typical interior walls;
they do not require paint and will never corrode.""The surface could be made to look really any way you want,
the panels also embrace green engineering techniques. Recycled materials used in the experimental phase kept thousands of pounds of waste from landfills.
and engineers seeking to integrate the panels into new construction as well as make them available to individuals who would like to purchase the panels to be retrofitted into existing homes s
who led the simulation work at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a DOE Office of Science User Facility.
They were amazed by what the computer simulations revealed. When the lubricant materials--graphene and diamond-like carbon (DLC)--slid against each other,
a DOE Office of Science User Facility. The experimental setup consisted of small patches of graphene (a two-dimensional single-sheet form of pure carbon) sliding against a DLC-coated steel ball.
Using Mira, the ALCF's 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, the researchers replicated the experimental conditions with large-scale molecular dynamics simulations aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms of superlubricity at an atomistic level.
"This collaborative effort is a perfect example of how computation can help in the design and discovery of new materials."
which could potentially be used for applications in dry environments, such as computer hard drives, wind turbine gears, and mechanical rotating seals for microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems.
"Arraythe team's groundbreaking nanoscroll discovery would not have been possible without a supercomputer like Mira.
With the help of ALCF catalysts, a team of computational scientists who work directly with ALCF users,
The ALCF catalysts in collaboration with researchers from IBM, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories, optimized LAMMPS
and its implementation of Reaxff by adding Openmp threading, replacing MPI point-to-point communication with MPI collectives in key algorithms,
and leveraging MPI I/O. Altogether, these enhancements allowed the code to perform twice as fast as before."
"And with the recent announcement of Aurora, the ALCF's next-generation supercomputer, Sankaranarayanan is excited about where this line of research could go in the future."
"Given the advent of computing resources like Aurora and the wide gamut of the available two-dimensional materials and nanoparticle types,
"Having a materials database like this would allow us to pick and choose lubricant materials for specific operational conditions."
Paul Coffman from IBM; Hasan Metin Aktulga from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (now at Michigan State university;
and data gathered from the device at TGH. The new preservation solution decreases inflammation and protects the liver from injury.
a national group that has been collecting annual surveillance data about children born to women with HIV in Canada since 1990."
"The database has allowed us to assess the national burden of HIV infection through vertical transmission throughout the HIV/AIDS epidemic
The study has been hailed by researchers familiar with the work as one of the most important scientific results to date using SLAC's Linac Coherent light Source LCLS), a DOE Office of Science User Facility that is one of the brightest
In the LCLS experiments, Xu's team used samples of a form of human rhodopsin--a GPCR found in the retina whose dysfunction can cause night blindness--fused to a type of mouse arrestin that is nearly identical to human arrestin.
said it took many hours of computer modeling and data analysis to help understand and refine its details."
The scientists were able to specify the degree of networking in advance with computers. Using specially developed image analysis algorithms,
they could evaluate images taken with a scanning electron microscope and predict the electrical conductivity of the electrodes from them."
Even with high-performance computers, it still initially took nearly five days to calculate a good"quality map"of the electrode.
The software is now being optimised to reduce the computation time.""The image analysis has given us valuable clues about where we need to concentrate our efforts to increase the performance of the electrode,
cost-effective alternative to conventional screen-printed grid electrodes and to the common ITO type that is threatened
Researchers from BUSM and the University of Cyprus compared the markers on the surface of the cancer cells to gene expression profile of breast tumors deposited by researchers in international public databases
When they looked at publically available data on patients they were able to predict the likelihood of progression-free survival based on
but the team are also working on a mobile phone application to aid diagnosis. n app could be very useful for diseases that are mosquito-spread,
One South Boston restaurant added the hashtag##cabin fever#to its Twitter messages. The area's deepest snowfall on Sunday was the 20 inches (50 cm) recorded in Ipswich, Massachusetts,
Health officials have not provided any data for the results of the trials of the anti-Ebola drug.
The researchers exploited data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from people across the US from 1999-2008, including women age at their last menstrual cycle.
Jessica Tyrrell from the University of Exeter, UK, who previously found an income-chemical exposure link in NHANES data,
said by telephone. She declined to be identified. When the man was admitted at another hospital, where he was diagnosed finally,
Nanowires that poke out can be connected to a computer to take recordings and stimulate cells. So far, the researchers have implanted meshes consisting of 16 electrical elements into two brain regions of anaesthetized mice
where they were able to both monitor and stimulate individual neurons. The mesh integrates tightly with the neural cells,
or by developing wireless technologies that would record from neurons as the animals moved freely.
Scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have developed software, modeled on brain cell networks,
and sentences. t about both the combination of image information with natural language, says Richard Zemel, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. hat what new herehe marriage of image and text.
then you can translate it into text. ut how does the software model nowwhat in the image in the first place?
Sometimes similar-looking objects are mistaken simply for one another sandwich wrapped in tinfoil can be misidentified as a cell phone,
if the thousands of images on one hard drive haven been labeled.)Is the model thinking? here are analogies to be made between
Using a 3-D printer, engineers have fabricated a new soft material with a modifiable surface texture.
The printer inserts an array of the rigid polymers into a bed of squishy material composed of the more flexible type.
"Yuhas made the unfortunate mistake of complaining on social media that he and his neighbors deserve more water
and curtailing some of the state's most senior users. The federal government is also sending millions of dollars in"drought aid"
By mounting whole mouse meninges and using neuroimaging the team noticed that T-cells were present in vessels separate from arteries and veins
#US Congress Curbs NSA Surveillance, Sends Bill to Obama The US Senate passed landmark legislation Tuesday that ends the government's bulk telephone data dragnet,
"The bill halts the National security agency's ability to scoop up and store metadata--telephone numbers, dates and times of calls,
It shifts responsibility for storing the data to telephone companies, allowing authorities to access the information only with a warrant from a secret counterterror court that identifies a specific person
with many Republicans split over their support for strong counterterror measures and the need for personal privacy protections in the wake of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's revelations about the bulk data dragnet in 2003.
a Republican 2016 presidential candidate, forced an expiration of the bulk data collection program and two other sections of the USA Patriot act, roving wiretap and lone-wolf tracking authorities, all of
Nanowires connecting the mesh with computers in the outside world can either record brain activity or stimulate nearby neurons.
In the future, the team hopes to make the device wireless and scale it up to include hundreds of elements and multiple types of sensors.
Such research may provide valuable insights into the causes of brain disease and how the brain processes informationpening the door for reverse engineering certain processes in computers,
and more biocompatiblee're inching toward the iphone era r
#SCOTUS Racing to Declare Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional The Supreme court of the United states of america is revving up for another briefing to present opinions
is being crowed sourced on Twitter, where the hashtag#Saudicables is buzzing as journalists, researchers, and citizen correspondents report their findings.
#16 Year Old Girl Develops Groundbreaking $5. 00 HIV Test Sixteen year old Nicole Sabina Ticea has just been named runner-up at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair,
According to Intel announcement, Ticea eveloped a low-cost, easy-to-use testing device to diagnose HIV infections in low-resource communities. er invention is described as a disposable microfluidic cartridge which costs less than $5
Intel states this makes the device ideal for testing newborn babies. They elaborate: For her work, Ticea has received a $50, 000 scholarship fund reward.
Other exceptional youths from Intel program include grand prize winner Raymond Wang, for his research on curbing the spread of disease in aircraft cabins,
anyone, regardless of age, can change the world. thers likewise congratulated the teens for their breakthroughs on social media.
explains Daanyaal. ee made sure wee able to give peace of mind to users and make sure people can be even more responsible than ever before. he intelligent condom won the Teentech Awards,
helping to open their eyes to the real potential of their ideas. ther inventions that stood out at the competition was shoes that allow the user to charge up electrical items while walking,
Chris Hoyler, an Air force spokesman, told Space. com via email.""The unique aspects of the OTV allow us to mature these new technologies
The goal is to gather data that could aid in the design of future spacecraft,
and tips on its website (www. planetary. org) during the mission. Follow Mike Wall on Twitter@michaeldwall and Google+.
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#New Spaceship Antenna Prevents Radio Silence During Fiery Re-Entry When future spacecraft re-enter the atmosphere,
a new kind of antenna might help them keep in contact with ground control, despite the fiery sheaths of superhot plasma around them, researchers say.
or other liquids into the plasma sheath to make it more permeable to radio signals, but these methods require extra power and weight, respectively.
when the electromagnetic fluctuations of radio antennas are in sync with those of their surroundings, a phenomenon known as resonance can amplify radio signals.
One example of resonance is the way a playground swing will climb higher from repeated pushes.
and radio signals could propagate through, they explained. For the resonance to work, the thickness of this matched layer and the plasma sheath must be smaller than the wavelengths of the radio signals used for communication, the scientists noted.
The properties of the plasma sheath can vary during flight, complicating any efforts to generate resonance,
The researchers do not plan to build such a hypersonic communication system themselves.""We hope engineers from all over the world can solve this problem by using our approach,
thermometer and Nvidia processors to recognize the raw ingredients and work out how to cook them,
which enables users to monitor their meal via their smartphone and adjust temperature or cooking time remotely.
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#Braille tablet can convert text for blind users and let them read, write and chat We have seen technology springing up in many forms to empower those that are visually impaired.
which give audio directions to blind users. Now, also combing the sense of touch with new tech,
an Austrian company planning to release a responsive Braille tablet. Braille, the longstanding, universal language
and write using a Braille Perkins Keyboard without any mechanical elements. It also allows for direct converting from PDF, TXT,
Doc and other formats into Braille code users can simply insert files via USB STICKS or memory cards to read e-books or other materials.
The Bluetooth function also enables users to chat in real time with other devices. A GPS navigation system is included so users can be guided to destinations.
Blitlab is currently welcoming contributions to the development of the product from financial donations to developer time with the aim of bringing the first product to market by September 2016.
What other technology can be adapted to enhance touch for visually impaired individuals i
#Fove eye-tracking headset aims to shake up VR, launches on Kickstarter Update: Fove has reached its Kickstarter goal as of 6: 47 pm JST on Friday, May 22, just three days into its 45-day campaign.
Oculus managed to raise US$400, 000 during its first 24 hours on Kickstarter, but it still exciting to see an Asian competitor hit its target so quickly.
Forget the cheesy 80s movies and failed attempts of the 90s virtual reality (VR) is back,
The resurgence of virtual reality gizmos aimed at gadget buyers like you and me, in the form of head-mounted displays (HMDS
when social media behemoth Facebook finalized its acquisition of the company for a staggering US$2 billion.
Even before Facebook surprise acquisition, Oculus had piqued (or, perhaps, re-piqued) consumer interest in virtual reality.
Sony entered the budding space with the announcement of its Project Morpheus headset in March last year.
Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg allegedly tested out Sony VR hardware, designed for its Playstation 4 console,
a week before announcing his company intent to buy Oculus. Just a month after Morpheusunveiling and Facebook shock announcement,
a silent competitor to both was setting up its office at Tokyo University Intellectual Backyard startup incubator.
and, of course, playing video games wants to revolutionize the resurgent VR platform by integrating advanced eye-tracking technology into its own headset.
While headsets like Oculus and Morpheus display everything in the virtual environment in sharp focus imagine a wrap-around HDTV Fove eye-tracking technology recreates the depth of field that human eyes see naturally.
This effect is achieved on Fove 2560×1440 display thanks to a graphics engine that adjusts its focus based on where a user is gazing in real time.
which allows a user to move their head to manipulate the 360-degree view while still controlling virtual interactions with their eyes.
The upgrade requires a client to send their headset to SMI for retrofitting and costs US$14
Razer, a high-end gaming hardware maker with a cult following of hardcore gamers, recently announced its own VR headset, OSVR (the name stands for pen-Source Virtual reality.
Razer CEO, speaking at the recent Consumer electronics Show (CES) in Las vegas, said that he hopes the headset will speed the development of the virtual reality platform by allowing developers to hack it as they please.
he says. o long as Oculus is not actually innovating its own hardware, the field is open.
The startup is currently working to provide headsets to schools for disabled children. In a heartwarming video the startup posted in December
She spent four years at Sony Computer Entertainment and then became a social gaming director at Japanese mobile gaming firm GREE,
working directly on the hit title Driland, a card battle game that was earning the company US$26 million a month in 2012. apan is the best place for a hardware startup,
Kojima tells Tech in Asia. here are huge companies making complicated electronics, and wee close to manufacturing centers in China,
Japanese hardware startups are rare, because theye seen as risky. I know how to monetize mobile games,
Wilson says that hardware development will remain based in Japan but that business development will be moving to the United states. The focus for the next couple of months is Fove Kickstarter campaign.
Fove became the first Japanese startup to be invited to Microsoft Ventureslondon accelerator, where Wilson and Kojima relocated from September until December last year.
The pair are based currently out of the DMM. make hardware accelerator in Tokyo geek graceland, Akihabara.
and thus, potential integration with the company Xbox One gaming console. Wilson left the possibility open, simply stating that he had o updates yet. e
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