Erik Nilsson
In my last post, Artificial Intelligence and the Shape of Reality, I jumped off the deep end and explored an idea that surprised even me as I wrote itthat the high-dimensional space in which large la… [+5623 chars]
To classify reads from each pore, the alignment was first performed against the reference plasmid p i and the query sequence q k from each pore using the same parameters as described in the pre-s… [+19716 chars]
The human genome is like a big ball of yarn, made up of 3 billion molecular units arranged in sequence and then wrapped up around itself. Within this ball of yarn are your genes, which are regions of… [+8427 chars]
Among the major classes of RNAs in the cell, tRNAs remain the most difficult to characterize via deep sequencing approaches, as tRNA structure and nucleotide modifications can each interfere with cDN… [+1487 chars]
Here, we integrated imaging with both spatial (DamID, TSA-seq) and functional (Repli-seq, RNA-seq) genomic readouts across four human cell lines. Overall, our results significantly extend previous nu… [+9016 chars]
Here, we integrated imaging with both spatial (DamID, TSA-seq) and functional (Repli-seq, RNA-seq) genomic readouts across four human cell lines. Overall, our results significantly extend previous nu… [+9016 chars]
Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles people can no longer care for. Rockalina's case was different. "Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photo… [+4318 chars]
For apparently the first time ever, the Curiosity rover on Mars has been spotted mid-drive from orbit, a speck of human presence on the otherwise barren and grayscale landscape. The image, taken on … [+1795 chars]
If you’ve ever had your mind blank out while in the middle of something, you’re far from alone. In research published this week, scientists are making the case that mind blanking is a genuine brain p… [+3513 chars]
During the Southern Hemisphere’s summer of 20192020, mountains in New Zealand turned red. New research finally explains why. Researchers have revealed that New Zealand’s Southern Alps turned red aft… [+2657 chars]
If forced to distill the modern environmental movement to a single credo, one would be hard-pressed to improve on “Think like a mountain.” The phrase, now unavoidable in the promotional materials of … [+17299 chars]
JIUQUAN, China (AP) A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with Chinas space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the countrys ambitions for a crewed mission … [+2414 chars]
For solar astronomy enthusiasts, imaging the Sun in detail beyond the white-light photosphere has always required specialized equipment. While hydrogen-alpha filters dominate the amateur solar imagin… [+6423 chars]
Female scientists get less citations in patented inventions. getty A new study finds that scientific papers authored by women are cited less often in patented inventions than those written by men. … [+4529 chars]
Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption in one of the largest active volcanic systems in the wor… [+3258 chars]
EMBARGOED UNTIL THU 4AM AEST More than 300,000 years ago, giant kangaroos roamed the Australian outback, but didn't travel far from home, which experts say may have led to them disappearing entirely… [+5672 chars]
On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long … [+2735 chars]
Behold, the latest in deep-sea fashion: An unfortunate fish sporting parasitic copepods as pigtails. An international team of scientists affiliated with the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Woods Hol… [+2185 chars]