Genome sequencing for all – Google releases DeepVariant as open source
In California, Google released the open source version of DeepVariant, a deep learning technology to reconstruct the true genome sequence from HTS sequencer data....
Tetris, Pong and other games powered by jellyfish protein
In the United Kingdom, Helene Steiner created a bio-pixel display to play games that use a protein that make jellyfish glow. Steiner’s company, Cell-Free...
Human microbes likely contaminated ISS, not aliens
In Russia, Anton Shkaplerov, who will lead Russia’s International Space Station crew in December, said that samples from a recent swabbing of the outside...
Newly discovered microbes named after Canadian band Rush
In Canada, three new species of microbe found in the guts of termites have been named after members of the Canadian prog-rock band Rush,...
Mysterious Mars streaks probably not water and microbes after all NASA changes position about...
In Washington, DC, NASA published a report stating what they originally thought was water on Mars is more likely to be just markings in...
Newly discovered microbe is a methane-producing menace
In Ohio, a study of Lake Erie by researchers at Ohio State University suggest underestimation of methane-producing microbes and the amount of methane being...
Microbes respond differently in hybrid vs. inbred corn roots – could impact crop genetic...
In Nebraska, University of Nebraska researchers showed that a microbial community’s response can depend on the species of crop – or genetic profile of...
Ditch the Bug-B-Gone, More bugs means healthier homes
In North Carolina, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, North Carolina State University and the Natural History Museum of Denmark found that the...
Microbes helping bring back nearly extinct Hawaiian plant
In Hawaii, a critically endangered Hawaiian plant has a chance for survival in the wild thanks to microbe research conducted at The Amend Laboratory...
Torque launches new immune cell therapeutics to treat cancer
In Massachusetts, Torque, an immuno-oncology company launched its technology platform to create a new class of immune cell therapeutics to treat cancer, financed with...