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Predictive modelling
Predictive modelling is a statistical technique used to predict future events or health outcomes. Predictive modelling involves extensive analysis of current and historical data to estimate future trends.
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MAR 27, 2015Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The biggest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its frozen surface, according to a study that e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 03, 2015Cardiology
Two hearts, said Keats, can beat as one; but a study led by Weizmann Institute scientists in collaboration with research ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 02, 2015Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2014Microbiology
A major problem in today's medicine is the issue of "superbugs" or antibiotic resistant strains of many diseases. While ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 20, 2014Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 03, 2014Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAUG 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 19, 2014Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2014Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. < ...MAY 12, 2014Neuroscience
When you are listening to someone speak, are you connecting on a different level with them? Can you finish off their sen ...APR 29, 2014Neuroscience
Memory research has made great advances in recent years, especially with respect to the biochemistry of the brain. Both ...
MAR 27, 2015
Cardiology
Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model-developed
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Suppose you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, jumped in, and let gravity pull you through. How long would it tak
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A small region in the southern Alaska coast saw an almost constant amount of rain, snow and glacial melting between 2003
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The biggest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its frozen surface, according to a study that e ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
BERKELEY -
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 03, 2015
Cardiology
Two hearts, said Keats, can beat as one; but a study led by Weizmann Institute scientists in collaboration with research
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
A rare and stunning creature may soon go the way of the dodo bird if scientists are correct in their predictions. The bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2014
Microbiology
A major problem in today's medicine is the issue of "superbugs" or antibiotic resistant strains of many diseases. While
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 20, 2014
Immunology
More than half of those diagnosed with HCV were infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants pr ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 03, 2014
Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2014
Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
AUG 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 19, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2014
Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. <
...
MAY 12, 2014
Neuroscience
When you are listening to someone speak, are you connecting on a different level with them? Can you finish off their sen
...
APR 29, 2014
Neuroscience
Memory research has made great advances in recent years, especially with respect to the biochemistry of the brain. Both
...