Panasonic, together with the Belgium-based research institution IMEC, has developed a DNA testing chip that automates all stages of obtaining genetic information, including preprocessing. This development is expected to enable personalized, tailor-made therapy to become widespread. “This is the chip we’ve actually developed. (via DigInfo TV - Technology News From Japan | Videos of the latest tech, gadgets and research direct from Tokyo)
Comet Pan-STARRS and the Andromeda galaxy. Note that in the sky, the full Moon would be about the size of the core of the galaxy seen here. Click to embiggen.
Image credit: Göran Strand, used by permission
Göran Strand, (via Pan-STARRS: Another picture of the comet, the galaxy, and the aurora.)
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North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and “judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation”, official KCNA news agency said.
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In Russia last year, more than 69,000 new cases of HIV were recorded.
A German Spitz competes at the Shanghai International Dog Show, in Shanghai March 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (via Shanghai’s Dog Show | Reuters.com)
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North Korea’s artillery sub-units, whose mission is to strike Daeyeonpyeong island and Baengnyeong island of South Korea, conduct a live shell firing drill to examine war fighting capabilities in the western sector of the front line in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 14, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (via The North Korean military | Reuters.com)
North Korea’s artillery sub-units, whose mission is to strike Daeyeonpyeong island and Baengnyeong island of South Korea, conduct a live shell firing drill to examine war fighting capabilities in the western sector of the front line, in this picture released by the North’s official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang March 14, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (via The North Korean military | Reuters.com)