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Plants & Animals May 30, 2024

Sea urchins made to order: Scientists make transgenic breakthrough

Consider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong ball from the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Plants & Animals May 21, 2024

Detecting odors on the edge: Researchers decipher how insects smell more with less

Whether it's the wafting aroma of our favorite meal or the dangerous fumes seeping from a toxic chemical, the human sense of smell has evolved into a sophisticated system that processes scents through several intricate stages. ...

Plants & Animals May 20, 2024

Unraveling the metabolic mysteries of turfgrass under heat stress

A research team has identified key metabolic composition differences between annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass under heat stress, revealing specific metabolites linked to heat tolerance. The findings underscore the ...

Bio & Medicine May 31, 2024

A new way to see viruses in action: Super-resolution microscopy provides a nano-scale look

A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications. Using advanced microscopy techniques, the ...

Biochemistry May 29, 2024

Researchers apply quantum computing methods to protein structure prediction

Researchers from Cleveland Clinic and IBM have recently published findings in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation that could lay the groundwork for applying quantum computing methods to protein structure prediction.

Social Sciences May 29, 2024

Pronatalism is the latest Silicon Valley trend. What is it—and why is it disturbing?

For Malcolm and Simone Collins, declining birth rates across many developed countries are an existential threat. The solution is to have "tons of kids," and to use a hyperrational, data-driven approach to guide everything ...

Plants & Animals May 20, 2024

How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today

They're six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won't die, no matter how hard you try.

Bio & Medicine May 20, 2024

Lipid nanoparticle-mRNA regimen reverses inflammation and aids recovery from diabetic wounds in mice

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have designed a regenerative medicine therapy to speed up diabetic wound repair. Using tiny fat particles loaded with genetic instructions to calm down inflammation, ...

Cell & Microbiology May 16, 2024

AI reveals critical gaps in global antimicrobial resistance research

Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped identify knowledge, methodological and communication gaps in global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research.

Molecular & Computational biology May 16, 2024

Ambitious goal to sequence RNA could boost US economy

A chemist who leads the University of Cincinnati's Office of Research is playing a role in a scientific undertaking to unlock the secrets of RNA.

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