Untangling the roots of plant genomes: Supporting a “moonshot” for botany

Research featured this month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences highlights the progress of plant genomics and includes a roadmap for the enormous task of sequencing the genomes of plants worldwide. The article, “Green Plant...

Video game software patented for age-related macular degeneration research

DALLAS – BALANCED Media|Technology (BALANCED), in partnership with the Retina Foundation of the Southwest (RETINA) and Southern Methodist University (SMU), today announced a patent-pending medical imaging technology (U.S. Patent Application...

Landmark COVID-19 vaccine trial in sub-Saharan Africa is the first to study the efficacy of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV

A highly anticipated clinical trial in eight sub-Saharan countries is the first to specifically evaluate the efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV, including those with poorly controlled infections. It also is the first study to...

Sinking after earthquakes

Soil liquefaction is a ground response during earthquakes in which the ground turns from solid into a fluid medium similar to quicksand and detrimental to structures. A massive dataset of 15,000 liquefaction case histories from the 2010-2016...

Comparing photosynthetic differences between wild and domesticated rice

In a new study, researchers compared domesticated rice to its wild counterparts to understand the differences in their photosynthetic capabilities. The results can help improve future rice productivity.