Archive for August, 2014

DrinkMate Is A Tiny, Plug-In Breathalyzer For Android Devices | TechCrunch

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/30/drinkmate/

YaleNews | Evolution used similar molecular toolkits to shape flies, worms, and humans

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

http://news.yale.edu/2014/08/27/evolution-used-similar-molecular-toolkits-shape-flies-worms-and-humans

2014 Release: Scientists looking across human, fly and worm genomes find shared biology

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

http://www.genome.gov/27558082

Fat not fiction – 29 May 2004 – New Scientist

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

Fat not fiction
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224494.200-fat-not-fiction.html Nice overview of the torrent of recent news that saturated #fat isn’t so bad for one’s #diet

Single-cell RNA-seq highlights intratumoral heterogeneity in primary glioblastoma

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

#Singlecell #RNAseq highlights intratumoral heterogeneity http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6190/1396.abs Subtype classifiers variably expressed across indiv. cells

Patel AP(1), Tirosh I(2), Trombetta JJ(2), Shalek AK(2), Gillespie SM(3),
Wakimoto H(4), Cahill DP(4), Nahed BV(4), Curry WT(4), Martuza RL(4), Louis
DN(5), Rozenblatt-Rosen O(2), SuvĂ  ML(6), Regev A(7), Bernstein BE(8).

Published Online June 12 2014
Science 20 June 2014:
Vol. 344 no. 6190 pp. 1396-1401
DOI: 10.1126/science.1254257

genome_gov on Twitter: Video: Stanford U’s panel w/ Snyder & Nussbaum after screening of sci-fi film The Perfect 46. http://t.co/DguLkDuqWb #genetestethics

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

https://twitter.com/genome_gov/status/501439483116797954

City and rural super-dialects exposed via Twitter – tech – 11 August 2014 – New Scientist

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329814.300-city-and-rural-superdialects-exposed-via-twitter.html

Big Data and Its Technical Challenges | July 2014 | Communications of the ACM

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

#BigData & Its Technical Challenges
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2014/7/176204-big-data-and-its-technical-challenges/abstract Data acquisition, cleaning, aggregation, analysis, visualization & interpretation

Edward Snowden: The Untold Story | Threat Level | WIRED

Friday, August 29th, 2014

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/edward-snowden/

The Debate on Salty Foods, Continued – NYTimes.com

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/opinion/sunday/the-debate-on-salty-foods-continued.html