Yellow fever kills some 15% of those infected. But barriers to vaccinating people in potential hotspots means scientists are turning to a surprising alternative: vaccinating monkeys.
I was inspired to make a robotic hand sanitizer dispenser after I was at the hospital in June 2020 when my sister was born.
Genes found in the placenta can accurately help predict the size of a baby’s brain and its cognitive development, which, depending on other factors, could predict risk factors for schizophrenia in later life.
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service on Monday began accepting $99 preorders from potential customers, with Elon Musk still expecting Starlink will IPO.
Starlink’s website emphasizes that preorders are “fully refundable,” but notes in fine print that “placing a deposit does not guarantee service.”
Analysis reveals genetic control elements that are linked to hundreds of human traits.
Twenty years ago this month, the first draft of the human genome was publicly released. One of the major surprises that came from that project was the revelation that only 1.5 percent of the human genome consists of protein-coding genes.
Over the past two decades, it has become apparent that those noncoding stretches of DNA, originally thought to be “junk DNA,” play critical roles in development and gene regulation. In a new study published on February 32021, a team of researchers from MIT has published the most comprehensive map yet of this noncoding DNA.
New images of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus demonstrate the potential of the helium ion microscopy in bioimaging, especially for the imaging of interactions between viruses and their host organisms.
Is it fair for a computer alone to accept or reject your job application? Welcome to the fast-growing world of AI recruitment.
A growing number of firms are using artificial intelligence to pass or fail jobseekers.
“The world of COVID-19 is going to need more and more automation to keep people safe,” Hanson Robotics founder David Hanson said.
Hanson Robotics says more automation is needed during the pandemic. It has now started mass production of its humanoid robot, Sophia.
A new discovery by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center shows that medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults.
Arsenic may be deadly to us, but now a microbe that can live and grow entirely off the poison has been discovered.
