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Molecular Economics: New Computer Models Calculate Systems-Wide Costs of Gene Expression
August 8, 2012 — Bioengineers have developed a method of modeling, simultaneously, an organism's metabolism and its underlying gene expression. In the emerging field of systems biology, scientists model cellular ... > full story -
Greater Working Memory Capacity Benefits Analytic, but Not Creative, Problem-Solving
August 7, 2012 — Psychological scientists have long known that the amount of information we can actively hold in mind at any given time – known as working memory – is limited. Our working memory capacity ... > full story -
Extreme Plasma Theories Put to the Test
August 6, 2012 — The first controlled studies of extremely hot, dense matter have overthrown the widely accepted 50-year-old model used to explain how ions influence each other's behavior in a dense plasma. The ... > full story -
Preschool Children Who Can Pay Attention More Likely to Finish College: Early Reading and Math Not Predictive of College Completion
August 6, 2012 — Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study. Surprisingly, achievement in reading and math did ... > full story -
New Model for Animated Faces and Bodies
August 6, 2012 — Computer graphic artists who produce computer-animated movies and games spend much time creating subtle movements such as expressions on faces, gesticulations on bodies and the draping of clothes. A ... > full story -
Microswimmers: Micron-Scale Swimming Robots Could Deliver Drugs and Carry Cargo Using Simple Motion
August 6, 2012 — Researchers have used complex computational models to design micro-swimmers that could overcome the challenges of swimming at the micron scale. These autonomous micro-robots could carry cargo and ... > full story -
Students With Strong Hearts and Lungs May Make Better Grades
August 3, 2012 — Having a healthy heart and lungs may be one of the most important factors for middle school students to make good grades in math and reading, according to new ... > full story -
Fingering the Culprit That Polluted the Solar System
August 2, 2012 — For decades it has been thought that a shock wave from a supernova explosion triggered the formation of our Solar System. The shock wave also injected material from the exploding star into a cloud of ... > full story -
Upgrading Synthetic Biology's Toolkit: New Method Could Enable Reprogramming of Mammalian Cells
August 2, 2012 — A new method for creating genetic components dramatically expands synthetic biologists' toolkit beyond off-the-shelf bacterial components, greatly expanding the size and complexity of genetic ... > full story -
Air Pollution Worsening Worldwide: Cut Emissions Further, Experts Urge
August 1, 2012 — Most of the world’s population will be subject to degraded air quality in 2050 if human-made emissions continue as usual. In this ‘business-as-usual’ scenario, the average world ... > full story
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