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Optics & Photonics Jul 7, 2023

An inhomogeneous Dirac cone system gives rise to in-plane chiral Landau levels

Chiral zeroth Landau levels are topologically protected bulk states that propagate in a single direction. In the field of quantum field theory and condensed matter physics, these levels are crucial for breaking chiral symmetry ...

Biotechnology Jun 27, 2023

Researchers develop new base editing tools using AI-predicted protein structure clustering

Gao Caixia's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has pioneered the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted methods to discover novel deaminase proteins with ...

Biochemistry Jun 21, 2023

Discovery of novel primitive xeno nucleic acids as alternative genetic polymers adds piece to origin of life puzzle

The chemical origin of life on Earth is a puzzle that scientists have been trying to piece together for decades. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain how life came to be and what chemical and environmental factors ...

Biochemistry Jun 16, 2023

Researchers follow AI path to safer senolytic compounds

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the University of Cantabria, Spain, have teamed up to develop an AI trained to discover senolytic medicinal chemistry in familiar compounds.

Cell & Microbiology Jun 2, 2023

Researchers unveil long-sought noncanonical cleavage mechanism in miRNA biogenesis

To discover and thoroughly demonstrate the newly identified noncanonical cleavage mechanism, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) research team, led by Prof. Tuan Anh Nguyen, Assistant Professor of the ...

Cell & Microbiology May 22, 2023

A new map reveals the complicated world in which cells seek to repair damaged DNA

Writing in the May 22, 2023 issue of Cell Systems, a diverse team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have produced a novel map that depicts the human body's enormously ...

Biochemistry May 22, 2023

Recently discovered protein domain regulates collagen transport

Collagen is the protein that holds our body together. It is produced inside cells, from where it must be transported to its site of action in connective tissue. The protein domain that is responsible for the recognition of ...

Cell & Microbiology May 10, 2023

Mitochondrial ultrastructure is regulated by calcium sensor, scientists discover

Calcium homeostasis, involving the flow of calcium ions within cells, is essential for cell signaling and function. Importantly, calcium enters the cellular powerplants known as mitochondria, where it fine tunes energy production. ...

Social Sciences May 4, 2023

Improving student success through social belonging

A massive, Stanford-led study has found that a brief exercise addressing common concerns about belonging in college increased first-year completion rates on students' local campus, especially for students in racial-ethnic ...

Social Sciences May 2, 2023

How our shared need for belonging made May the 4th a sacred Star Wars holiday

May the 4th is almost a religious holiday for Star Wars fans, when they make annual pilgrimages to re-released films in theaters, attend costumed conventions and plan themed parties.

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