Experts Debate Polypill: A Single Pill for Global Health: Science
“In the past year, the idea of a “polypill” combining several cheap, well-tested heart drugs has gained momentum, although it still has its cr...
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PLoS Computational Biology: Biomedical Cloud Computing With Amazon Web Services
“The purpose of this overview is three-fold: 1) introduce biomedical cloud computing, 2) provide a concrete methodology detailing how projects are develop...
PLoS One: Global Patterns of Bacterial Beta-Diversity in Seafloor and Seawater Ecosystems
“This first synthesis of global bacterial distribution across different ecosystems of the World’s oceans shows remarkable horizontal and vertical la...
Another step forward in the future of anti-microbials
Title: PLoS ONE: Antifungal Activity of Microbial Secondary Metabolites “Secondary metabolites are well known for their ability to impede other microorgan...
Testing for Disease, for Under a Penny, Using Bits of Paper – NYTimes.com
“The diagnostic tests designed in Dr. Whitesides’s Harvard University chemistry laboratory fit on a postage stamp and cost less than a penny. His secret? ...
Waste Water + Bacteria = Clean Energy – ScienceNOW
“For the first time, researchers have sustainably produced hydrogen gas, a potential source of clean energy, using only water and bacteria. The challenge ...
A Different Kind of Secret Code – ScienceNOW
“Researchers have invented a new form of secret messaging using bacteria that make glowing proteins only under certain conditions. In addition to being us...
Device uses leaf technology to turn sunlight into power – The Boston Globe
“The thumb-size black strip looks like a thin magnet. But in reality, it is an artificial leaf, made of silicon and capable of using sunlight to split wat...
Want Fatter Cows? Bring In a Zebra – ScienceNOW
“”Natural selection has favored that mix,” says Johan du Toit, an ecologist at Utah State University in Logan. Natural selection, maybe, but n...
Human Excrement to Blame for Coral Decline – ScienceNOW
“Coral reef ecologists have laid a persistent and troubling puzzle to rest. The elkhorn coral, named for its resemblance to elk antlers and known for prov...