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Two panel discussions, organized by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, examined the “promise and perils” of creating digital repositories of genetic records. The second session, moderated by Jonathan Zittrain (far right, standing), examined the policy implications of an individual’s right to access, control, and interpret his or her own genetic data. Panelists included Michelle Caggana (from left), Dan Vorhaus, John Schumann, Gaia Bernstein, and Art Beaudet.

Electrical Circuit Between Saturn and Enceladus

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spotted a glowing patch of ultraviolet light near Saturn's north pole that marks the presence of an electrical circuit that connects Saturn with its moon Enceladus.

American Well has rolled out a new version of its Online Care telehealth platform to allow physician practices of all sizes to offer the service directly to patients nationwide.

This plant-eating dinosaur, Protoceratops andrewsi, was active day and night, like many other herbivorous dinosaurs. Researchers used measurements from the animal's eye socket to determine when it was most active.

To meet demands for new services, IT departments for years have been adding servers and storage devices at an unprecedented pace. And even with the adoption of virtualization, the general state of many data centers is one where equipment sprawl is on the rise, energy consumption grows and more space is required to keep operations running.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool on a rock informally named "Gagarin" during the 401st and 402nd Martian days, or sols, of the rover's work on Mars (March 10 and 11, 2005).

Scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois said this week a "bump" in their data may be evidence of a new subatomic particle — one that could change our understanding of modern physics.

Researchers believe that a twisting strand of protein, known as the V3 loop, is an attractive vaccine target because immune system antibodies aimed at the loop may offer protection against multiple genetic subtypes of HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS.

This shipping container was discovered upside down on the seafloor by researchers in June 2004, four months after it was lost at sea.

This fall will see the adoption and increased widespread use of new technologies that will alter the way enterprise computing is accomplished. Some of these technologies come from the consumer technology side of the business, some are grown from labs, and some are the result of integrating existing technologies. Check out our top five picks for technologies that will change the game in enterprise computing.