Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The presence of microsatellites was associated with poorer overall survival in a retrospective cohort of ...

Over the last two years, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has made gathering visible and invisible information about the Earth a priority. Now, the office is looking for a way ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A pair of microsatellites developed by Naval Research Laboratory scientists and engineers for the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment Risk Reduction mission launched Saturday, Dec. 9, on NASA's ...

Researchers describe two types of GGAA-microsatellites and their roles in EWS/FLI binding and gene regulation in Ewing sarcoma. Ewing sarcoma is the second most common pediatric bone malignancy. It is ...

From just dozen launches annually a few years ago, microsatellite launches could number in the hundreds just a few years from now. But which companies will launch them? Microsatellites may be the next ...

Microsatellites are simple repetitive DNA sequences scattered throughout eukaryote genomes. In an Advanced Online Publication from Nature Genetics, Michele Morgante and colleagues report their ...

Microsatellites are molecular markers with numerous applications in biological research. In studies of both plants and animals, they can be used to investigate speciation, gene flow among populations, ...

They say you only find what you’re looking for, and that applies in population genetics as well as in life. Population genetic studies rely on scoring known, characterized variation in DNA in order to ...

An artist’s concept shows a microsatellite created by Santa Barbara-based Umbra in space. The company uses synthetic aperture radar to capture images of items as small as 6 inches. (Contributed photo) ...

Three microsatellites,each the size of a large cake, rocketed into space Wednesday on a NASA missionto prove new technologies and observe space weather. NASA's Space Technology5 satellite trio rode an ...