Science News

During our weekly lab meetings we share science news that piqued our interest over the last week. Here, for your edification and enjoyment, is

Science News of the Week!

January 19, 2017

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May 19, 2016

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April 28, 2016

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March 3, 2016

  • Tom: Viral Immune System
    Some viruses have their own immune systems and it works kind of like CRISPER. Popular Science. February 29, 2016.

February 25, 2016

January 28, 2016

January 21, 2016

  • Kate: Planet Nine from Outer Space
    EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The Astronomical Journal, 151:22 (12pp), 2016 February. DOI:10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22.
  • Grace: Things haven’t changed much in 10,000 years.
    Prehistoric Massacre Hints at War Among Hunter-Gatherers. James Gormanjan. NY Times January 20, 2016. Reporting on the research article: Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya. Nature 529, 394–398 (21 January 2016) doi:10.1038/nature16477.
  • Katherine: Science funding boosted in 2016 spending bill
    Jeffrey Mervis, Budget agreement boosts U.S. science. Science, Dec. 18, 2015 DOI: 10.1126/science.aae0133.

December 3, 2015

November 19, 2015

  • Stephanie: A promising treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus
    Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir for HCV Genotype 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 Infection. New England Journal of Medicine (November 16, 2015) DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1512610
  • Sila: Singing the praise of bioengineered vocal cords
    Scientists grow working vocal cord tissue in the lab. Science (18 November 2015) DOI:10.1126/science.aad7454
  • Feng:Quantum and Tom: Entanglement
    Quantum weirdness proved real in first loophole-free experiment. Daily news (28 August 2015)
    Lawrence M. Krauss, Tangled Up in Entanglement. The New Yorker (31 October 2015)
  • Katherine: Exoplanet birth
    Stanford astronomers observe the birth of an alien planet. Stanford Report, November 18, 2015

November 12, 2015