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Researchers at UCLA and New York University have developed a method to detect sequence differences in individual DNA molecules by taking nanoscopic pictures of the molecules themselves. The work is reported in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Using the approach they call "Direct Molecular Recognition," the UCLA and NYU researchers used nanoparticles to turn the DNA molecules into a form of molecular braille that can be read in the scale of nanometers, or one billionth of a...
NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advisory Board of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) Graphic Communications Management and Technology program today named Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media LLC, the winner of the 2012 Prism Award. The Prism Award is presented annually in recognition of distinguished leadership in the graphic communications media industry. Sponsored by the Master of Arts in Graphic...
A new research survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone Medical Center shows the Bangladeshi community in New York City experiences numerous barriers to diabetes care because of limited English proficiency and lack of diabetes awareness. The study also found the Bangladeshi community has an interest in participating in community health programs for diabetes prevention and care. "We need to improve diabetes prevention, and disease management...
NEW YORK, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Two more members of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) faculty have joined the prestigious ranks of those honored with the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hai Li and Assistant Professor of Technology Management Oded Nov both received awards this month. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091027/NY99197LOGO ) The CAREER Award is the...
Children of recent immigrants are more likely to make sick visits to the doctor if their mothers see themselves as targets of ethnic or language-based discrimination, researchers at New York University report in a new study. Their research provides new evidence that perceptions of discrimination by a mother could have a negative effect on the health of her child within the first 14 months of her child's life. Previous scholarship has shown associations between discrimination and health....
Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robotic fish can transform into a leader of live ones. Through a series of experiments, researchers from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) aimed to increase understanding of collective animal behavior, including learning how robots might someday steer fish away from environmental disasters. Nature is a growing...
LIVE from New York City, Smiley and an All-Woman Panel Discuss the Latest on Women and Children in Poverty LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Poverty in America officially has a new face: women. More than half of the 46.2 million Americans living in poverty are women, and 29 percent of adult women are more likely to be poor than adult men. From 2009 to 2010, more than 1 million additional children also fell into poverty, and the numbers continue to rise. This...
We make our eye movements earlier or later in order to coordinate with movements of our arms, New York University neuroscientists have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Neuron, points to a mechanism in the brain that allows for this coordination and may have implications for rehabilitation and prosthetics. Researchers have sought to understand the neurological processes behind eye and arm movements. For example, when you reach for an object, what goes on in our brains so...
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On a social network where it is possible to share personal information with 850 million people worldwide, users are increasingly opting to do just the opposite. A study of 1.4 million Facebook members indicates a dramatic rise in demand for privacy, with the number of users choosing to hide their friend list up more than 200 percent over a 15-month period. The research also reveals stronger privacy preferences among women and members with...
