Genomic regulatory map of the zebrafish
Zebrafish and humans look very different on the outside. Yet about 70 percent of their genes are similar to human genes—including many that can trigger diseases. That makes the animal a popular model organism. Many observations of biological proces.....»»
More than 8 million Cash App Investing customers potentially impacted by data breach linked to former employee
More than 8 million Cash App Investing customers may have had personal data compromised after a former employee downloaded internal reports without permission, parent company Block Inc revealed in a regulatory filing earlier this week......»»
Canada Considers Law Requiring Online Giants To Compensate News Outlets
The federal Liberal government introduced legislation Tuesday to force digital giants to compensate news publishers for the use of their content. CBC News reports: The new regulatory regime would require companies like Google and the Meta Platforms-o.....»»
EU Clears First Autonomous X-Ray-Analyzing AI
An artificial intelligence tool that reads chest X-rays without oversight from a radiologist got regulatory clearance in the European Union last week -- a first for a fully autonomous medical imaging AI, the company, called Oxipit, said in a statemen.....»»
New non-destructive DNA method opens opportunities
A new method of obtaining ancient genomic data without damaging source material has been developed by University of Otago researchers, creating new opportunities for museum and archaeological collections worldwide......»»
Hundreds of gene regulatory motifs cooperate and conflict to make brain cells
DNA is considered the blueprint of our human bodies. It codes for the tens of thousands of genes that determine whether a cell transforms into a brain cell, heart cell or even cancer cell. Other DNA sequences, known as enhancers, determine if genes a.....»»
Apple, Google attack EU"s Big Tech regulatory proposals
The European Union's new Digital Markets Act has been responded to by both Apple and Google, with each company saying the regulation would impose limits on their ability to innovate.Flag of the European UnionFollowing the EU's publication of its full.....»»
The EPA Plans To Sunset Its Online Archive
Come July, the EPA plans to retire the archive containing old news releases, policy changes, regulatory actions, and more. The Verge reports: The archive was never built to be a permanent repository of content, and maintaining the outdated site was n.....»»
DeFi Projects Rife With Hidden Risks, Global Regulatory Body Warns
The global umbrella organisation for securities regulators has warned that decentralised finance contains myriad hidden conflicts and risks, as authorities begin circling one of the fastest growing corners of cryptocurrency markets. From a report: Co.....»»
Extensive sequence divergence found between reference genomes of two zebrafish strains
Tuebingen and AB are the two most common laboratory zebrafish strains. A research group led by Prof. He Shunping from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a high-quality de novo genome assembly of the AB str.....»»
Virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements
Tohoku University scientists in Japan have developed a virus-based approach for measuring variations in gene regulatory elements, called transcription factors, as conditions change in live organisms. The research, published in the journal iScience, w.....»»
Study shows widespread physical and genomic adaptation to environment can occur within weeks
Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies. In a new report in Science, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania used a controlled field experiment to show that flies rapidly adapted to shifting environmental conditio.....»»
NFT"s Run-Up Rekindles Chatter About Manipulation Ahead of Deal
An online commotion around seemingly irregular trading of a NFT collection prior to the acquisition of the project is shining light again on a perceived lack of regulatory clarity in one of the most explosive corners of crypto. From a report: During.....»»
Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM
Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday. From a report: The pact was first announced in May and has been winding its way through the regulatory process. Per Amazon, "The storied, nearly century-old studio --.....»»
Galaxy Watch 5 part sighting suggests better battery life
The Galaxy Watch 5 is still a big unknown, but it seems like its battery has been spotted in a regulatory filing report......»»
OnePlus is about to launch a phone with 150W fast charging
We know OnePlus is planning a handset with 150W fast charging – and it just got regulatory approval in China......»»
Samsung S22 throttling spawns talk of regulatory investigation and class action lawsuit
Earlier this month, someone curious enough to test Samsung’s Galaxy S22 performance claims found that they only held true while running benchmark apps. It turned out the company had been throttling thousands of popular apps on its flagship phones,.....»»
Navigating Safety, Interoperability, and Conformance in E-mobility
Safety, interoperability, and conformance are important criteria for enabling success in the e-mobility ecosystem. This paper explores:How EV and EVSE manufacturers can cope with a complex regulatory landscape, and deliver high quality products with.....»»
New technology enables unprecedented glimpse inside single brain cells
Salk Institute researchers have developed a new genomic technology to simultaneously analyze the DNA, RNA and chromatin—a combination of DNA and protein—from a single cell. The method, which took five years to develop, is an important step forwar.....»»
Gene-edited beef cattle get regulatory clearance in US
U.S. regulators on Monday cleared the way for the sale of beef from gene-edited cattle in coming years after the Food and Drug Administration concluded the animals do not raise any safety concerns......»»
New stem cell population provides a new way to study the awakening of the human genome
Researchers from the Babraham Institute have today published their latest work in the journal Cell Stem Cell describing a new subset of human embryonic stem cells that closely resemble the cells present at the genomic 'wake up call' of the 8-cell emb.....»»