Topic “probes”
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2008-10-25
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How Healthy Is John McCain?
A correspondence article published in a recent edition of The Lancet probes the issue of US presidential candidate John McCain's health. The senator from Arizona has a history of the skin cancer melanoma, and there has been much debate in the media regarding the age and health of the 72-year-old. read
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Underground Lab Probes How Matter Licked Antimatter
Everything in our universe is made of matter, but a century of physics has revealed that at the beginning of time, an exactly equal amount of antimatter existed. Then, two seconds after the Big Bang, something changed and suddenly there... read
2008-10-21
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In silico microarray probe design for diagnosis of multiple pathogens
[…] that are unique to each individual genome. We present algorithmic enhancements to an existing single-genome pipeline that allows for efficient design of microarray probes common to groups of target genomes. The enhanced pipeline takes advantage of the similarities in the input genomes to narrow the search to short, nonredundant regions of the target genomes and, thereby, significantly reduces the computation time. The pipeline also computes a three-state hybridization matrix, which gives […] read
2008-10-19
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Former Lehman Brothers CEO subpoenaed
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld has been subpoenaed in connection with three grand jury probes into the investment bank's bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the bankruptcy filing told CNN Friday. read
2008-10-16
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WaMu's Collapse Under US Investigation
Following reports last month of similar probes of AIG, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a federal attorney discloses a multi-agency investigation into the collapse of giant Seattle thrift Washington Mutual. In late September, the FDIC brokered WaMu's sale to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for just $1.9 billion. read
2008-10-15
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Microsoft looking to avoid Instant On [Microsoft]
An Engadget tipster took snapshots of a Microsoft survey that popped up on his Vista screen. The survey probes the customer's interest in an "Instant On scenario," in which the customer would sacrifice some applications or features in exchange for an eight-second boot time and much, much longer battery life. Aftermarket products like SplashTop already exist. Dell will ship you an instant-on […] read
2008-10-14
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N.C. election officials investigate voter forms
The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday wrapped up an investigation of voter registration forms submitted by a group whose efforts have led to similar probes in other states. read
2008-10-09
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Bank of America, RBC Settle Probes
Weeks after eight other large investment banks similarly settled their own investigations, Bank of America has reportedly agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billion in auction-rate securities in an effort to resolve allegations that the bank misled investors. read
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GFP wins Nobel Prize! [Pharyngula]
[…] stuck in here", and also to allow us to visualize the morphology of individual cells, which is all very useful, and there's quite an industry built around making new probes of this sort. GFP is different. It allows one to use the molecular biology of the cell to generate your green glowing compound. If you want to know when and where a particular gene of interest is expressed, for instance, you just make a construct that couples the regulatory elements of that gene to a GFP gene, and presto, […] read
2008-10-08
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FCC probes role of military analysts in war-related broadcasts
Federal regulators are looking into allegations that a number of military analysts failed to disclose their ties to the Pentagon when they appeared on television to discuss the Iraq war, according to U.S. News & World Report. "In its letter signed by the chief of the investigations and hearings division enforcement bureau, the FCC suggests that TV stations and networks may have violated two sections of the Communications Act of 1934 by not identifying the... read