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Algorithm Extraordinaire
Monday, 17 March 2008
Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. In a recent paper in Physical Review E 77:016104 (2008), Weixiong Zhang, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of computer science and engineering and of genetics, along with his Ph.D. student, Jianhua Ruan, published an algorithm (a recipe of computer instructions) to automatically identify communities and their subtle structures in various networks.
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The Corrupt Underworld of Ants
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Far from being a model of social co-operation, the ant world is riddled with cheating and corruption – and it goes all the way to the top, according to scientists from the Universities of Leeds and Copenhagen.
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How To NABB A Protein
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
In biology, as in construction, it’s all about having tools that fit the job. Researchers at Rockefeller University have now created a tiny tool, more than 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, capable of encasing single membrane proteins from living cells. The new system, which resembles a nanoscale sushi roll, will allow investigators to individually stimulate these key proteins with specific molecules and signals in order to precisely define the biological reactions that result.
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Stagnant Funding Spells Brain Drain For U.S.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Five years have passed since the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recieved a budget increase. In that time the purchasing power of the NIH budget has dropped 13-percent. There are fears that if this trend continues, the U.S. will experience a loss of talented and productive would-be researchers to seek other professions or find funding and research jobs outside of the U.S.
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