Tag Archives | Prize

Student innovation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could lead to better breast cancer screening

Troy, N.Y. — Recent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. His complex computational research has led to a fast, inexpensive new method for using…

March 3, 2011

Physicists use graphene to decode DNA

Genome sequencing will have a profound effect on our understanding of genetic biology and could usher in a day when doctor and patient are able to review individual genome sequences to fully personalise medical treatment.
As the X PRIZE FOU…

December 1, 2010