Claire Gianakas

Articles

• SciTech Briefs

  Diabetes drug could fight cancer

  SciTech | November 25, 2013
• Electric cars may become new norm

  Energy — particularly renewable energy — plays a large factor in many aspects of today’s society and has increased public interest in energy-conserving products such as electric vehicles (EVs). However, despite the increase in EV usage, recent findings by Carnegie Mellon researchers suggest that the large-scale success of EVs is limited by a lack of residential parking.

  SciTech | November 18, 2013
• How Things Work: Brainwashing

  Brainwashing and thought control have had an impact on a variety of people and cultures throughout history, and can be traced all the way back to the fourth century BCE.

  SciTech | November 4, 2013
• SciTech Briefs

  Carnivorous mouse aids research on pain signals

  Researchers at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas have discovered that the southern grasshopper mouse, the only carnivorous mouse in North America, could help in the production of painkillers due to mutations that make the mouse resistant to pain.

  SciTech | October 28, 2013
• ExpressionBlast streamlines research for gene expression

  ExpressionBlast, a new search engine developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and Bar-Ilan University, helps scientists compare gene expression data with millions of other studies in order to find experiments with similar profiles.

  SciTech | October 14, 2013