New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The […]
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Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.
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While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA
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An international study has identified three psychological profiles associated with different patterns of cognitive and brain decline in aging. The
Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star,
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New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System.
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Sergii Gnatiuk/Shutterstock Over the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated public attention. This year signals the beginning
News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We
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In 2023, AI researchers at Meta interviewed 34 native Spanish and Mandarin speakers who lived in the US but didn’t
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It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins,
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