Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Colorado Boulder used a gene-silencing tool and a large library of molecular guides to understand how photosynthetic bacteria adapt to light and temperature changes. They found that even partial suppression of certain genes yielded big benefits in modifying the stress response of wild microbes. 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine has announced the launch of a new Data Science Institute, a dynamic, state-of-the-art resource that will strengthen researchers’ ability to harness vast amounts of data to drive biomedical breakthroughs and innovations in scientific discovery and patient care. Mimi Kim, Sc.D., professor and head of the division of biostatistics in the department of epidemiology & population health and associate director of the Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore, has been named the institute’s inaugural director.

The article published in the journal Party Politics, involving researchers Toni Rodon (UPF), Nikandros Ioannidis (Cyprus University of Technology) and Marc Guinjoan (UAB), offers insight into the dynamics of the winner-loser effects in sovereignty referendums and their effects on elections. The study is based on the CONREF dataset, which includes information on 77 sovereignty referendums held between 1956 and 2020 in 32 countries, as well as the electoral outcomes of the parties –over 500 political formations– before and after the referendum and their policy position in several key areas.

Researchers at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology recently connected their campuses with an experimental quantum communications network using two optical fibers.

A new Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) grating modulator has been developed, offering significant advancements in optical efficiency and scalability for communication systems.