Researchers expand human genome map to 2.37 million regulatory DNA elements

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

CRISPR screen uncovers hundreds of genes required for brain development

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...
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Ecdysis = the entire biological process of shedding the outer skin

A fascinating explanation of how and why certain animals shed their outer skin to grow and survive White House lays out new timeline for Trump ballroom ‘Russian argument proves the Moon landings weren ...
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Conway Human Development Center scrutinized for alleged 'malnutrition' in Disability Rights Arkansas report

CONWAY, Ark. — For years, Reagan Stanford and her team at Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) have been documenting what they call serious concerns inside the Conway Human Development Center. "Most of ...
IEEE

The Model-Driven Design Integration Framework (MDDIF): Introduction to an Optimized Product Development Process and a Design for Manufacturing Case Study

Abstract: The complexity of modern system and manufacturing process development often leads to inefficiencies in responsiveness, cost, and quality. This article presents a comprehensive methodology ...
Arkansas Times

Scathing report details alleged malnutrition at Conway Human Development Center

The Conway Human Development Center is the subject of an investigation by Disability Rights Arkansas. Credit: Disability Rights Arkansas Nearly one-third of residents at the Conway Human Development ...
Scientific American

Scientists Identify Five Distinct Eras of Human Brain Development

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...
Science Daily

Microbes that breathe rust could help save Earth’s oceans

Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered MISO bacteria that use iron minerals to oxidize toxic sulfide, creating energy and producing sulfate. This biological process reshapes how ...
Human Rights Watch

World Leaders Commit to Supporting Social Development and Rights

At the second United Nations Social Summit in Qatar this week, dozens of governments adopted the Doha Political Declaration, renewing their commitments to tackle poverty, create decent work, combat ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Chimpanzees Weigh Evidence to Make a Smart Choice, in a Process Resembling Human Rationality

Two chimpanzees sit in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, where the study took place. Merryjack via Flickr under CC BY-SA 4.0 Whether you realize it or not, you spend a large chunk of ...
The New Yorker

The Case That A.I. Is Thinking

Dario Amodei, the C.E.O. of the artificial-intelligence company Anthropic, has been predicting that an A.I. “smarter than a Nobel Prize winner” in such fields as biology, math, engineering, and ...