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After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all

[ad_1] Credit: Public Domain Unsplash / CC0 For more than a decade, scientists studying epigenetics have used a powerful method called ChIP-seq to map changes in proteins and other critical regulatory factors across the genome. Although ChIP-seq provides invaluable information on the fundamentals of health and disease, it also faces …

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Scientists create the first global map of bee distribution

[ad_1] Scientists created the first global distribution map for bees, analyzing nearly 6 million public records of where individual species have appeared around the world. The project, published in the magazine Cell biology, found that bee diversity is greater in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere, and that …

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Science reveals the secrets of a mummy portrait

[ad_1] (A) “Portrait of a Bearded Man” (Walters Art Museum # 32.6), dated c. 170-180 AD from Roman imperial Egypt; (B) The portrait in ultraviolet light. The purple clubs on the shoulders appear pink-orange, indicated by an arrow. Credit: The Walters Art Museum. How much information can you get from …

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What does a “superspreader” look like? Scientists establish bodily options that could improve Covid-19 transmission

[ad_1] Researchers in the United States say they have recognized particular physiological options that can enhance the development of airborne pathogens, just like the coronavirus. A crew of scientists from the College of Central Florida’s Division of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering mixed 3D modeling with numerical simulations to digitally recreate …

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