PHILADELPHIA – Researchers at Amgen are testing a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) and appears to reduce pancreatic cancer…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois have identified and visualized the signaling pathways in protein-RNA complexes that help set the genetic code in all…

DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Altira Group LLC - a pioneer and leader in venture capital and private equity funding for energy technology companies, today announced two significant investments…

Over the past few weeks, more spam has been slipping through to my Gmail inbox. Consider: The oddly named Jule Cuc enthusiastically offers college Dip1omas [sic]: “At your own pace! No examination!…

Discover has an interview with genius physicist Murray Gell-Mann. Gell-Mann on Heisenberg: But by the time I knew him, although he was not extremely old, he was more or less a crank. On Feynman: [He…

Laurence Arnold has said: The communication between the past and the present is always polluted by interference from the noise of hindsight. So with this ringing in our ears, may I recommend The…

College Park, MD, April 8, 2009 -- With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of…

Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss…

This is the second of a two part blog on commutative encryption.Part one was Using Encryption to Block Spam. In part one, I showed a commutative encryption scheme.  In that scheme, the…

April 14, 2009 – A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are…