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07/08/2020

Happy Birthday, Ros.

An essay on Rosalind Franklin marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.

01/22/2020

CDC has confirmed the first human infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States has been detected in the State of Washington in a person who had recently traveled to Wuhan, China. A lab test developed at CDC was used to confirm this patient’s illness was caused by the recently discovered 2019 novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China. Precautions are being taken to prevent any further exposures.

While person-to-person spread with this new coronavirus in Asia raises CDC’s level of concern, the agency continues to believe the risk of #2019-nCoV to the American public at large remains low at this time. Learn more about what CDC is doing to respond: https://bit.ly/3apDji6

12/22/2019

Via The New Yorker

The economic potential of connecting rural America to broadband has become a popular talking point on the campaign trail. In one Kentucky community, it’s already a way of life.

12/21/2019

Via Reuters

12/16/2019

Via our friends at The Hill

"Democrats have broken the ban on funding for the first time in decades," the source said.

12/07/2019

Via Reuters

Since the 1970s, the FDA downplayed health concerns about talc in powders and cosmetics, deferring again and again to manufacturers, documents show.

11/21/2019

11/15/2019

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11/14/2019

Via Reuters.

09/12/2019

Modern Scientific brought this to you during the floods, as they happened and immediately in the aftermath.

A New York Times analysis shows how far this spring’s unprecedented floods spread.

08/04/2019

A fish-delivery startup relies on the expertise of an old-timer named Bobby Tuna.

05/18/2019

It's almost summer, which means that the brain-eating amoebae are back. Did you know Miltefosine, licensed to Florida-based Profunda, has been around for like—decades and is a treatment? The more you know. Here's a dry but informative article on the compound

Miltefosine, the only oral drug approved for the treatment of leishmaniasis—a parasitic disease transmitted by sandflies—is considered as a success story of research and development (R&D) by a public-private partnership (PPP). ...

03/14/2019

So excited to start our Profiles in Science that highlight diversity in STEM! Be sure to check out the experiences of these amazing scientists starting next month

03/10/2019

Via LATimes

Congressional Democrats on Wednesday demanded answers on why Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prevented a special NASA plane from monitoring for pollution in Houston following Hurricane Harvey, the focus of a Los Angeles Times story Tuesday.

03/06/2019

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03/04/2019

Via NPR

According to a new report, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more than districts that serve mostly students of color in the U.S.

03/01/2019

Check out Nanolive's 3D cell explorer in action

03/01/2019

Holographic microscopy—it's gonna be big.

03/01/2019

A picture is worth a thousand words. Through data visualization, Modern Scientific hopes to shed light on the issues at hand. Pictured: A Gerrymandered district in Houston, segregation in New York City, fun visualizations of the strange attractors. Stay tuned for more here at ModSci.

02/28/2019

Can AI-aided smartphone apps help patients avoid taking the wrong meds? It sure can, according to new research published today in Nature's Digital Medicine by Microsoft-funded scientists.

01/04/2019

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01/01/2019

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12/30/2018

Shaima Swileh, a Yemeni citizen who lives in Egypt, fought to visit her only child in California, where he was receiving treatment for a brain disease.

12/30/2018

Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.

12/29/2018

Via AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll finds they'd draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller. A month after startling claims of the births of ...

12/29/2018

House Democratic leaders offer new info on select climate committee.

12/28/2018

The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent.

12/28/2018

A summary from biospace about an anecdote by a columnist... from Washington Post 🤷🏼‍♂️ . If you’d like ModSci to give you the real, accurate jist, please contribute to our patreon page.

Numerous studies have shown that a married individual is more likely to fare better battling cancer than a single individual, however, new anecdotal evidence may suggest that marital status can also impact the way an oncologist treats patients.

12/28/2018

The plan would roll back restrictions on some of the most hazardous pollutants emitted by coal plants and could also limit the E.P.A.'s ability to write new regulations in the future.

12/28/2018

Food for thought

The European Union prohibits many food additives and other drugs that are widely used in American foods.

12/27/2018

Acoustic device can levitate and manipulate multiple items, simultaneously

12/27/2018

The boy, Felipe Gómez Alonzo, passed away after being hospitalized in New Mexico with flu-like symptoms, high fever and vomiting.

12/27/2018

71% of students said they ask their parents for money