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This AI Can Design the Machinery of Life With Atomic Precision
Proteins are social creatures. They’re also chameleons. Depending on a cell’s needs, they rapidly transform in structure and grab onto other biomolecules in an...
Cellular Self-Destruction May Be Ancient. But Why? | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIt can be hard to tell, at first, when a cell is on the verge of self-destruction.
It appears to be going about its usual...
Singaporeans are Armouring Up Against Viral Infections and Diseases with LAC’s Immunity Arsenal
SINGAPORE, Mar 4, 2024 - (ACN Newswire) - The importance of a robust immune system cannot be overstated—it serves as our body's frontline defence...
Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionBiologists have often wondered what would happen if they could rewind the tape of life’s history and let evolution play out all over again....
Nanofibre-coated bandage fights infection and helps heal wounds – Physics World
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The climate is doomed if we continue to be fixated by economic growth – Physics World
Johan Hansson argues that it will never be possible to meet our climate targets if countries continue their obsession with growing the economy
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Can Robot Lawn Mowers Run ‘Doom’? Yes Indeed – Decrypt
Finally, humanity has found the perfect use for a $3,500 automated robot lawn mower: playing Doom, id Software’s influential first-person shooter game from 1993.After...
A Multitalented Scientist Seeks the Origins of Multicellularity | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionIn Cassandra Extavour’s office at Harvard University hangs a placard with a painted rainbow flag and a friendly invitation.
“You are welcome here,” it reads.
“I...
Self-propelling nanobots shrink bladder tumours in mice by 90% – Physics World
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Imagine an army of self-propelling, radioisotope-covered particles...
These Glow-in-the-Dark Flowers Will Make Your Garden Look Like Avatar
The sci-fi dream that gardens and parks would one day glow like Pandora, the alien moon in Avatar, is decades old. Early attempts to...
A ‘Lobby’ Where a Molecule Mob Tells Genes What to Do | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionThe discovery during the Human Genome Project in the early 2000s that we humans have only about 20,000 protein-coding genes — about as many...
An Antibiotic You Inhale Can Deliver Medication Deep Into the Lungs
We’ve all been more aware of lung health since Covid-19.However, for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dealing with lung problems...