Using an innovative crystallization technique for studying 3D structures of gene transcription machinery, researchers revealed new insights into the long debated action of the ‘magic spot’ — a molecule that controls gene expression in E. coli and many other bacteria when the bacteria are stressed. The study contributes to fundamental […]
Daily Archives: February 22, 2018
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Researchers are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus in a fraction of the time of current commercial tests.
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith took command of the 45th Space Wing in August 2015. As of this writing, 50 satellites have gone to space under his watch. The 50th was Luxembourg’s GovSat-1 that flew Jan. 31 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. “That started a 30-day cycle […]
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly, the results are forcing astronomers to consider that they may be seeing evidence of something unexpected at work in the […]
The response from the Obama administration was too little and too late More Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russians and three Russian entities for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. For anti-Trumpers, the indictments are proof positive that Donald Trump colluded with the Russians. For Trump supporters, the […]
Fatma Marouf, 41, and Bryn Esplin, 33, married in 2015 and decided to settle in Fort Worth, Texas, the following year. Marouf is a law professor at Texas A&M and director of its Immigrant Rights Clinic, and Esplin is a bioethics professor at the university’s medical school. Fatma Marouf (right) […]
Rare 50p coins such as this Olympic swimming coin often sell online for large sums. This coin was sold yesterday on eBay for a whopping sum of £510. Seller “grace0509grace” said of the coin: “This rare Swimming Team GB Olympic 50p coin is on sale, still fresh and new.” But […]
Every device, no matter how much you like it, can have quirks and features that simply annoy you. The Pixel 2 ($639.99 at Amazon Marketplace) and Pixel 2 XL ($849.99 at Best Buy) are no different. Below are three annoying features — or lack thereof — and how to fix […]