Sentences with phrase «discovery of the accelerating»

The discovery of accelerating rather than decelerating expansion has apparently revealed the presence of such an energy form, referred to as dark energy.

In our own era, another revolution began to unfold 15 years ago with the discovery of the accelerating universe.

Unexpectedly faint Type 1a supernovae in distant galaxies led to the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe, on account of dark energy.

Not exact matches

«Tomorrow, through personalization, online commerce will accelerate the very process of discovery.

Founded in 1994, Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) is a commercially successful, oncology - focused biotechnology company that strives to accelerate the discovery, development and commercialization of new medicines for difficult - to - treat cancers.

The ultimate aim of these invention protections is to accelerate the process of discovery and to expand the scope of public knowledge as quickly as possible.

That accelerating business model search and discovery and using guided customer engagement as a learning process, we could help founders of mainstream businesses just like those starting technology ventures.

Advancing knowledge, new ideas, fresh discoveries began to accelerate the speed of change.

The universe is expanding in all directions)-- 1965: discovery of microwave cosmic background radiation (the echo's of the big bang)-- 1998, two independent research groups studying distant supernovae were astonished to discover, against all expectations, that the current expansion of the universe is accelerating (Reiss 1998, Perlmutter 1999).

So we hope to accelerate the Craft consumers discovery of Arran Beers by offering our beers in cans».

Data access and analysis tools are being made available for the 3K RGP dataset through the International Rice Informatics Consortium (IRIC), which promotes collaboration in bioinformatics analysis of rice data and provides computational tools to facilitate rice improvement via discovery of new gene - trait associations and accelerated breeding.

By accelerating promising drug candidates through the drug discovery and development pipeline and spearheading innovative public - private partnerships, we increase the chance of finding an effective treatment, and a cure, for Alzheimer's disease.

By accelerating discovery, we are leading the way to a better understanding of the developing brain and changing the way the world understands and treats children who struggle with mental health and learning disorders.

Accelerate the development and / or discovery of innovations and new evidence to reduce infant mortality, as well as disparities in infant mortality and related perinatal outcomes

Specific plans for the research will remain to be developed, but potential areas under discussion include accelerating the pace of discovery to support the most innovative and promising science of the brain, including: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE); concussion management and treatment; and the understanding of the potential relationship between traumatic brain injury and late - life neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease.

Those who took on AIDS in the 1980s, he said, not only supported their friends who were sick but also bent the arc of scientific progress on the virus; they «accelerated discovery.»

Killary said the team is working to use the biomarkers in MD Anderson's high - risk clinic, established through MD Anderson's Pancreatic Cancer Moon Shot ™, part of the institution's Moon Shots Program ™ to accelerate the development of life - saving advances based on scientific discovery.

And the most recent physics Nobel, in 2011, went to a trio of researchers who played a leading role in the discovery that the universe's expansion is accelerating, thanks to «dark energy.»

From accelerating the identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets, to creating better animal models of human diseases in a shorter time frame, to reducing the number of failed products, Crispr looks set to shave millions off R&D costs and boost drug discovery, she says.

Observations of supernovae led to the discovery in 1998 of «dark energy» — the unknown force thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe.

The discovery of this «cell of origin» promises to accelerate the development of more precise screening tools and therapies for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma, the fastest growing form of cancer in the U.S.

A better understanding of the mechanism that accelerates or restricts the development of cancer may allow, for example, the discovery of new biomarkers to better identify the population at greatest risk of colon cancer and even the current degree of risk.

«The Quanterix Simoa will accelerate the discovery of new biomarkers to identify TBI and the development of new treatments, including targeted medications and other therapies,» says Charles L. Marmar, MD, the Lucius Littauer professor and chairman of Psychiatry at NYU Langone and executive director of the Cohen Veterans Center.

«Project Blue, like all the missions BoldlyGo supports, exists to accelerate the pace of discovery,» Morse says.

The benefit of having machinery that is so small is it massively reduces demand for materials, can accelerate and improve drug discovery, dramatically reduce power requirements and rapidly increase the miniaturisation of other products.

Brian Schmidt, an astrophysicist at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo and Sliding Spring Observatories in Canberra who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for his role in the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, was born to parents who were undergraduates at the University of Montana in Missoula.

The report identifies potential opportunities for advancing scientific discovery and accelerating the pace of innovation by taking advantage of science and technology connections.

«We thought that some knowledge of plant biology could accelerate discovery efforts.»

Researchers there are convinced that these technologies will increase the chance for serendipitous discoveries, accelerate the speed of delivering new drugs to market and advance the industry as a whole toward personalized medicine.

But, although modern technologies are accelerating the number of compounds that companies can produce and analyse, in Canada there has not been a dramatic increase in the number of jobs created for drug discovery scientists.

The discovery of the Pescadero Basin hydrothermal field is just the latest example of how MBARI's extensive use of underwater robotics has accelerated the pace of scientific discovery in the deep sea.

To break out of its current impasse, physics desperately needs not new mathematics but new empirical findings — like the discovery in the late 1990s that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

Under this announcement, ARPA - E will fund energy technology projects that (1) translate scientific discoveries and cutting - edge inventions into technological innovations and (2) accelerate transformational technological advances in areas that industry is not likely to undertake independently because of high technical or financial risk.

A recent discovery by Australian scientists is likely to improve the sustainability of the Australian wine sector and significantly accelerate the breeding of more robust salt - tolerant grapevines.

«New discovery to accelerate development of salt - tolerant grapevines.»

The program is designed to accelerate the conversion of scientific discoveries into clinical advances that significantly reduce cancer deaths.

Every year the pace of astronomical discovery seems to accelerate, and 2004 will maintain the trend.

But think of the Human Genome Project and how much it accelerated the process of discovery and the whole field when infrastructures existed for people to share and compare.

«The microbiome appears to shape a patient's response to cancer immunotherapy, which opens potential pathways to use it to assess a patient's fitness for immunotherapy and to manipulate it to improve treatment,» said Wargo, who is also co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

But last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a new code of conduct aimed at curbing this legal wrangling and accelerating scientific discovery.

The detection of two colliding neutron stars, announced in October (SN: 11/11/17, p. 6), has accelerated the pace of discovery.

Over the past 15 years or so, the pace of planet discoveries has been accelerating, with some 490 planets now known.

«Our findings point to two potential impacts from additional research — analyzing the diversity and composition of the microbiome to predict response to immunotherapy and modulating the gut microbiome to enhance treatment,» said Wargo, senior researcher on the project and co-leader of the Melanoma Moon Shot ™, part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program ™ to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies from scientific discoveries.

One of the biggest scientific findings in recent years is the discovery that the universe is not only expanding, but it is also accelerating in its expansion.

Just over a decade ago, two teams used the supernovae to show that the universe is accelerating in its expansion due to the influence of dark energy, a shocking discovery that thrust type Ia supernovae into the astrophysical limelight.

«Expanded access to these drafts can dramatically accelerate the pace of discovery, and, in turn, our understanding of health and disease,» wrote neuroscientist Cori Bargmann, president of Science for CZI in Palo Alto, California, in a Facebook post.

About OSA Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional society for scientists, engineers, students and business leaders who fuel discoveries, shape real - world applications and accelerate achievements in the science of light.

The NYGC and its founding member institutions are conducting additional studies involving Watson to help accelerate the discovery of potentially actionable sequence variants in various types of cancer, including an ongoing study that involves DNA and RNA from a larger cohort of glioblastoma patients, and a study of 200 patients with different types of cancer.

Dr Smout said the discovery means it's possible the growth factor could be used to accelerate the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic ulcers and to develop a vaccine against the worm - induced cancer.

The platform is part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program, launched in 2013 to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies, prevention efforts and early detection from scientific discoveries.