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Using targeted computer modeling to accelerate antiviral drug development
Effective drugs against viral diseases like COVID-19 are urgently needed now and in the future. The emergence of viral mutants and yet unknown viruses could push vaccines to their limits.
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New reports outline bold goals for U.S. bioeconomy
On March 22, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a series of five reports authored by federal agencies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, outlining bold research and development ...
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Spray-on polymer could cut food waste and increase incomes for Kenyan smallholders
Spraying a safe and environmentally friendly polymer onto soil surfaces can reduce the "soiling" of fine beans by almost 65%, a new study from Cranfield University shows.
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Global natural history initiative builds database to address 21st century challenges
A group of natural history museums, organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, ...
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'Deep proteome' project provides atlas for human complexity
A major puzzle of biology is that while the human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes, many comparatively primitive organisms—including the universally-studied worm C. elegans—have almost the same number of genes.
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Researchers generate patient-specific cells from thymus organoids
Researchers have used pluripotent stem cells to make thymus organoids that support the development of patient-specific T-cells, researchers report March 23 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. The proof-of-concept work provides ...
Cell & Microbiology
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A robotic beehive to prevent honeybees from dying due to 'chill coma'
A combined team of roboticists and biologists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland and the University of Graz, in Austria, has developed what they describe as a robotic honeycomb to keep honeybees ...
Predicting protein folding from single sequences with Meta AI ESM-2
Researchers from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) at Meta AI have published a paper in the journal Science detailing a machine-learning-created database of 617 million predicted protein structures. The ESMFold language model described ...
New soil sensor may improve efficiency of crop fertilization
Measuring temperature and nitrogen levels in soil is important for agriculture systems but detecting them apart from one another is difficult to do. Huanyu "Larry" Cheng, James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor ...
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Observing group-living animals with drones and computer vision
A drone is flying over a herd of plains zebras in central Kenya. It is flying quite high so that the animals are not bothered by it. These zebras are really interesting for collective and spatial behavior studies, according ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2023
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New method shrinks 3D images of cells for faster storage and retrieval
Single-cell analysis is a powerful biomedical technique used in various fields of biology and medicine to identify rare cell populations, track cell development and differentiation, understand disease mechanisms and develop ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 22, 2023
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Tackling counterfeit seeds with 'unclonable' labels
Average crop yields in Africa are consistently far below expected, and one significant reason is the prevalence of counterfeit seeds whose germination rates are far lower than those of the genuine ones. The World Bank estimates ...
Biotechnology
Mar 22, 2023
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More cancers may be treated with drugs than previously believed
Up to 50% of cancer-signaling proteins once believed to be immune to drug treatments due to a lack of targetable protein regions may actually be treatable, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...
Biotechnology
Mar 22, 2023
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Unraveling nature's chorus: AI detects bird sounds in Taiwan's montane forests
Montane forests, known as biodiversity hotspots, are among the ecosystems facing threats from climate change. To comprehend potential impacts of climate change on birds in these forests, researchers set up automatic recorders ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2023
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A sowing, pruning, and harvesting robot for Synecoculture farming
Synecoculture is a new agricultural method advocated by Dr. Masatoshi Funabashi, senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL), in which various kinds of plants are mixed and grown in high density, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 20, 2023
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'Super seaweed' produces natural health compounds and medicine from the sea
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR) have succeeded in significantly increasing the ability of seaweed to produce healthy natural materials. The current ...
Biotechnology
Mar 20, 2023
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Plant and microbe matchmaking for better bioenergy crops
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have identified specific proteins and amino acids that could control bioenergy plants' ability to identify beneficial microbes that can enhance plant growth and storage of carbon ...
Biotechnology
Mar 20, 2023
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Stress test kit could boost koala joey survival
Mortality rates of orphaned koala joeys could be greatly reduced by a non-invasive stress test kit being trialed by University of Queensland researchers.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2023
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Klara, a transparent fish for research on aging
The body pigmentation of an organism is caused by coloring substances and structures that are found in the cells of skin, hair, feathers, or scales, for example. This pigmentation considerably limits investigations of important ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 17, 2023
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Math answers puzzling behavior of bat ears, paving way for real-world upgrade to sonar tech
One iconic feature of the batsuit that makes Batman easily recognizable may soon give the Dark Knight's go-to sonar technology a real-world upgrade—bat-like ears. Only, these ears would not just look like a bat's, but would ...
Biotechnology
Mar 17, 2023
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