 | A biweekly digest of science and technology research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. | | Issue for July 15, 2014 | | |  Researchers Find Organic Pollutants Not Factor in Turtle Tumor Disease
A new study by a team at the Hollings Marine Laboratory casts doubt on long-held suspicions that persistent organic pollutants in the environment make green turtles more susceptible to the virus that causes fibropapilomatosis, a disease that forms large benign tumors that can inhibit the animal's sight, mobility and feeding ability. | | |  New NIST Web Tool Makes Working with Glycan Sugars a Lot Sweeter
NIST researchers are making available a web-based tool they designed for glycomics, the study of the sugar chains called glycans that are attached to proteins and lipids and influence cellular processes, including immunity, protein folding and, sometimes, changes associated with cancer. | | |  NIST Announces Competition for Community Resilience Center of Excellence
NIST has announced a competition to create a Community Resilience Center of Excellence dedicated to collaborative, interdisciplinary research aimed at developing tools and standardized methods that will enhance the ability of localities to reduce the impact of disasters and to speed recovery in their aftermath. | | | Digital Crime-Fighters Face Technical Challenges with Cloud Computing
NIST has issued for public review and comment a draft report summarizing 65 challenges that cloud computing poses to forensics investigators who uncover, gather, examine and interpret digital evidence to help solve crimes. |
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