
John Higgins
Journalist at Freelance
Science Writer at Fred Hutch News Service
Science writer, @FredHutch News, frmr @seattletimes & @ohiodotcom reporter, @educationlab, @soljourno, Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT @KSJatMIT
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1 week ago |
fredhutch.org | John Higgins
Some things just go together like “rock and roll” and “fish and chips” or, in molecular biology, “transcription factors” and the “nearby genes they regulate.” The standard, simplified story goes like this: transcription factors are molecular workers that scan DNA strands and bind to specific sequences close to the genes they either turn on or off.
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3 weeks ago |
digitaltrends.com | John Higgins
Table of Contents If there’s one thing that you can say about Samsung, it’s that they are doggedly dedicated — some might say stubborn — but however you want to spin it, it’s clear that Samsung has a vision and will see it through, come hell or high water. Not going to lie, I respect that. But what does all that have to do with Samsung’s best Neo QLED mini-LED TVs? It’s all about their 8K TV strategy.
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4 weeks ago |
fredhutch.org | John Higgins
After 40 years at Fred Hutch Cancer Center asking good questions of his own science and the science of his colleagues, cell biologist Jonathan Cooper, PhD has retired from the Basic Sciences Division. He made his name in biology by identifying key components of a complex relay system that enables cells to communicate with each other.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | John Higgins
In praise of the smaller camera sensor – bigger isn't always betterAn idea seems to have taken over in the world of digital photography that bigger is always better, that price is an indicator of quality or …
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1 month ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | John Higgins
UPDATE (March 21): Samsung responded to Digital Trends about the firmware issue, saying “Samsung Electronics has identified a software update error as the cause of the operational issue affecting certain 2024 soundbar devices. We are taking immediate action to resolve the situation.
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RT @science_seattle: 🧬 Surprising findings from the Hahn Lab at @fredhutch! Dr. @LMahendrawada’s new study shows yeast transcription facto…

Honored to work with and write about such smart people 🤓 !

Honored to see our work highlighted by @fredhutch and @HutchBasicSci. In this study, We mapped the binding and regulatory targets of nearly all yeast transcription factors and found that the classic model often doesn’t hold. Check out the paper here https://t.co/BYqmrv72M2

RT @LMahendrawada: Honored to see our work highlighted by @fredhutch and @HutchBasicSci. In this study, We mapped the binding and regulator…