Reading life’s building blocks. Harvard researchers develop tools to speed DNA sequencing. In a recent Nature Nanotechnology paper, researchers from Harvard demonstrated that nanowire transistors can locally read and amplify the DNA translocation signal from a nearby nanopore./ Image courtesy of Ping Xie, Qihua Xiong, Ying Fang, Quan Qing, and Charles M. Lieber. Scientists are […]

UN boosts security and aid in wake of ethnic violence in South Sudan UNMISS Force Commander Moses Obi (left) talking to displaced people in Pibor, South Sudan … United Nations, New York, 5 January 2011 – The United Nations is stepping up its peacekeeping presence in the troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei in the […]

For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return Anaar Gul registers his return to Afghanistan at a UNHCR voluntary repatriation centre, near Quetta in southern Pakistan. Though born in Pakistan, the refugee feels the time is right to return to his homeland. QUETTA, Pakistan, January 5 (UNHCR) – Having never seen his homeland before, Anaar […]

Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion Streamlining electronic funds transfers in health care will bring total savings to more than $16 billion over 10 years New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs […]

URMC Smoking Cessation Expert Offers Tips for Smokers Trying to Quit Success Comes After Making a Plan, Receiving Support from Loved Ones With the start of a New Year, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Quitting smoking is a popular resolution, and an appropriate one […]

Journalist George Stroumboulopoulos Visits Haiti Two Years After Quake Almost two years after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger George Stroumboulopoulos went to the Caribbean island to see how the nation was faring. WFP’s Stephanie Tremblay took the Canadian journalist to a camp near Port au Prince where WFP and its partners are […]

UCSF to Host Wellness Expo on January 18 The UCSF community is invited to attend “Living Well at UCSF” during the Second Annual Wellness Expo on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the Millberry Union on the Parnassus campus. The day is dedicated to promoting health and wellness of faculty, staff and students by offering them an […]

Flatworm Flouts Fundamental Rule of Biology Discovery at UCSF and Stowers Institute Shows Worm Regenerates Without Centrosome, a Structure Long Thought Necessary for Cell Division A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to […]

UN agency voices deep concern over continued ethnic violence in South Sudan These orphaned children received food from WFP after a humanitarian mission arrived in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 3 January 2012. Photo: WFP/Rehan Zahid The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) expressed deep concern today about the deadly […]

UN relief chief visits Sudan to discuss food insecurity in two states WFP food assistance being offloaded from a truck at a distribution site in the South Kordofan capital Kadugli. Photo: WFP/Mohamed Abdalla Reports from people fleeing two troubled Sudanese states indicate food insecurity and rising levels of malnutrition, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned […]