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Unlocking TNA: Researchers Develop Artificial Building Blocks of Life
Groundbreaking research has led to the creation of threofuranosyl nucleic acid (TNA), offering enhanced stability and therapeutic potential, with applications in drug delivery and diagnostics…. Read More
Read More »Unlocking the Secret of Aging: Scientists Uncover Surprising Role of Long Genes
What causes our body to age? Four complementary studies, including one from Northwestern Medicine, have come to the same conclusion: long genes. In a new… Read More
Read More »Warning: Sweetened Drinks Linked to Irregular Heart Rhythms
Drinking sugar- or artificially sweetened beverages was associated with increased risk of irregular heart rhythms, finds a study in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. An analysis… Read More
Read More »The “Death Zone” – Decoding the Secrets of the Namib Desert’s Fairy Circles
Researchers describe topsoil as “death zone” for fresh grass in the fairy circle. Namibia’s legendary fairy circles are mysterious, circular, bald patches in the dry… Read More
Read More »Mathematicians Use AI and New Clustering Algorithm To Identify Emerging COVID-19 Variants
An AI framework aids in identifying and tracking new COVID-19 variants, using a novel algorithm named CLASSIX to efficiently process large genomic datasets and enhance… Read More
Read More »MIT’s Self-Powered Sensor Automatically Harvests Ambient Magnetic Energy
A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries. MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can… Read More
Read More »Quantum Dots Ignite a New Era in Global Secure Communication
University of Waterloo researchers combine Nobel prize-winning concepts to achieve scientific breakthrough. Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought… Read More
Read More »Life on Venus? MIT’s “Absolutely Surprising” Discovery of Amino Acid Stability
Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life. If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it… Read More
Read More »No Zoom: How Hubble’s Fixed Focus Captures the Vast Universe
Hubble captures varied cosmic scales, from the close globular cluster NGC 1651 to distant galaxies, using its fixed observational scope and mosaicing when necessary. This… Read More
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