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.....»»
Asus and Gigabyte’s GPU plans leaked in regulatory listing
Gigabyte has seemingly confirmed plans to launch custom models for Nvidia’s flagship GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB graphics card......»»
Researchers use CARC resources to explain genetic histories of island birds
University of New Mexico Ph.D. candidate Ethan Gyllenhaal has been engaged in a series of research projects that use genomic analyses to explain the complex evolutionary processes that take place within and between island bird populations. He is cond.....»»
Over 140,000 Gaming Firms Close As China Continues New License Freeze
China is continuing to hold off from issuing new game licenses to app developers producing for the App Store and other platforms, in regulatory inaction that has reportedly led to the shuttering of around 140,000 small game studios and related compan.....»»
SK Hynix Completes First Phase of $9 Billion Intel NAND Business Buy
South Korea's SK Hynix said it had completed the first phase of its acquisition of Intel's NAND flash memory chip business, after it received regulatory nods from eight countries including China. From a report: In exchange, SK Hynix will pay $7 billi.....»»
Secrets of regulatory T cell development reveal clinical possibilities
Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified biochemical "switches" that control development of regulatory T cells and offer a novel strategy for treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer. The research appeared earlier thi.....»»
Fluorescence lifetime imaging for studying DNA compaction and gene activities
Studies of the genomic DNA compaction in the cell nucleus and dynamic reorganization during physiologic processes or disease development in live cell environments are exceedingly challenging. This complexity stems from a high degree of compaction req.....»»
Team succeeds in culturing the pygmy zebra octopus
For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the fundamentals of biology. The usual suspects—fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice, among others—all have short lifespans, small body size, can be bred through multiple gene.....»»
Scientists probe into spinach domestication and genetic basis of agronomic traits
On December 13, Prof. Jiao Chen from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, and Prof. Fei Zhangjun from the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, co-published a research article entitled "Genomic analyses provide i.....»»
New DNA sequencing technique preserves cells" locations within tissues
Within complex tissues such as cancer tumors, individual cells can vary widely from each other. Internally, cancer cells can develop unique DNA mutations and genomic changes, potentially leading to drug resistance, metastasis, or relapse. Externally,.....»»
Diverse genome sequences provide a powerful tool for studying risk of heart disease
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein c.....»»
Mercedes Beats Tesla To Hands-Free Driving On the Autobahn
Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz won regulatory approval to deploy a hands-free driving system in Germany ahead of Tesla, gaining an edge in the race to offer higher levels of automation in one of the world's most competitive car markets. Bloomberg: The au.....»»
Tim Cook reportedly signed secret $275 billion investment deal with China to help Apple succeed in the country
The Information reports that Cook personally signed the deal in 2016 during his visits to China. It’s claimed that interviews and internal Apple documents show he "personally lobbied officials" over threats of regulatory action against Apple Pay, i.....»»
Gigabyte confirms 12GB RTX 3080, 16GB 3070Ti, and RX 6500 XT through Eurasian regulatory filing
A Tuesday Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) filing introduces 10 new Gigabyte custom RTX 3080 designs, seven new 3070Ti variants, and three RX 6500 GPUs. All the 3080s come with 12 gigabytes of VRAM, whereas currently available 3080s have 10GB. The.....»»
Call for inputs: NITI Aayog’s discussion paper on a regulatory regime for digital banks
In November, the NITI Aayog released a discussion paper on ““Digital Banks – A Proposal for Licensing and Regulatory Regime for India” (Discussion Paper). It describes the need for, and components of, a proposed regulatory regime for a new co.....»»
Meta Allows More Cryptocurrency Ads
Meta is backing away from its longstanding (if not absolute) ban on cryptocurrency ads. Engadget reports: As CNBC reports, Meta has greatly loosened its ban by expanding the number of regulatory licenses it accepts from three to 27. The crypto landsc.....»»
A long road ahead to recovery from Huntington Beach oil spill
An oil sheen spotted off Huntington Beach last weekend served as a potent reminder of how long it will take Southern California to untangle the legal, regulatory and environmental fallout of an October pipeline spill that released an estimated 25,000.....»»
Successful fertilization requires careful coordination of chromosomes
RIKEN researchers have shown how the genomic sorting that occurs during fertilization—the incorporation of genomic material from both parents and the elimination of excess maternal DNA from the egg—takes place in mice. If the same process occurs.....»»
Russian modder upgrades an RTX 2060 graphics cards to 12GB of GDDR6
Over the last few months, we've heard several rumors that Nvidia could soon launch updated RTX 3000 series graphics cards and resurrect the RTX 2060 to try and alleviate supply issues. Last week, a few regulatory filings confirmed that Nvidia is inde.....»»
China fines Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu for more antitrust violations
China is bringing the regulatory hammer down yet again on some of the country's largest tech firms......»»
CDC Panel Unanimously Endorses Pfizer and Moderna Covid Boosters For All US Adults
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: The CDC's independent panel of vaccine scientists unanimously endorsed Pfizer and Moderna's boosters for all adults, one of the final regulatory steps before the U.S. can officially start distributing th.....»»