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Biochemistry Apr 10, 2025

Study provides scaffold to selectively target drug breakdown process

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) proteins are responsible for breaking down more than 80% of all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs, reducing their effectiveness. However, how to prevent CYPs from doing this without off-target ...

Astrobiology Apr 10, 2025

Q&A: How to (theoretically) spot an alien

Are we alone in the universe? The answer to one of humanity's biggest questions is complicated by a basic reality: If there is life on other worlds, it may not look familiar. A sample of rocks from Mars or another planet ...

Social Sciences Apr 10, 2025

Race isn't a 'biological reality,' contrary to recent political claims

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of "a distorted narrative" about race "driven by ideology rather than truth." It singled out a current exhibition at the Smithsonian American ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 10, 2025

A new tool for parsing the 'metabolic dialogue' between microorganisms

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system called MetaFlowTrain that allows the study of metabolic exchange and interactions within microbial communities under different ...

Superconductivity Apr 10, 2025

New AI tool set to speed quest for advanced superconductors

Using artificial intelligence shortens the time to identify complex quantum phases in materials from months to minutes, finds a new study published in Newton. The breakthrough could significantly speed up research into quantum ...

Plants & Animals Apr 10, 2025

Bumblebee survival: Keeping killer moths at bay with strategic hive spacing

A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella. The researchers discovered ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 10, 2025

Flocks of CubeSats can efficiently monitor farms

The widespread use of low Earth orbit (LEO), especially by thousands of CubeSats, has opened up many opportunities in research and business applications. One particular field that has benefited from the data that CubeSats ...

Plants & Animals Apr 10, 2025

Two new tapeworm species discovered in wild oval squid

Researchers from the Physics and Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have discovered two species of tapeworms, or cestodes, in the guts and stomachs of wild-caught oval squid (Sepiotheutis ...

Analytical Chemistry Apr 10, 2025

Tracking photogenerated charge transfer in electrolytes

Photocatalysis involves three fundamental steps: light absorption, charge separation and transfer, and chemical reactions. These reactions occur at the solid-liquid interface where the complex charged environment influences ...

Evolution Apr 10, 2025

Fulani: New study unravels the genetic history of Africa's largest pastoralist community

The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40  million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan.

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