Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a groundbreaking method called LoopTrace. By observing overlapping DNA loops forming in …
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4.3 Miles Beneath the Sea: World’s Deepest Ocean Art Installation Unveiled
The artwork, created by Singaporean artist Lakshmi Mohanbabu in collaboration with tech company NuStar and NTU Singapore, has been deployed 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the sea. Singapore has become …
Read More »You Can Make Amber Fossils in 24 Hours, Instead of Millions of Years
Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric fossilization of the real stuff. Read More
Read More »What If the Best Way to Save Nature Is to Let It Change?
Conservation scientists are challenging the old-school mindset of preserving natural areas in a fixed, untouched state. Instead, they argue that embracing the natural ebb and flow of ecosystem, especially wildfire …
Read More »Cassava Technologies to build Africa’s first AI factory
Cassava Technologies has unveiled plans for the construction of Africa’s first AI factory—a powerful and super-secure data centre facility powered with NVIDIA AI computing technology. The plan, announced on Monday, …
Read More »The Shocking Link Between Office Coffee and Heart Health
Coffee from workplace machines might be raising your cholesterol more than you think. A new Swedish study reveals that many common office coffee machines fail to filter out cholesterol-elevating compounds …
Read More »How Chickens Grew Dinosaur Feathers (Then Changed Back)
Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the genetics of feather formation by experimenting on chicken embryos. …
Read More »Hubble Caught a Cosmic Illusion – And a Supernova Just in Time
A picturesque galaxy 40 million light-years away, NGC 5530 dazzles with its patchy spiral arms in the constellation Lupus. Today’s Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy NGC …
Read More »Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program
The Netflix co-founder said he wanted his alma mater to become a leader in studying the consequences, and guiding beneficial uses, of artificial intelligence. Read More
Read More »Scientists Tested a DIY Air Cleaner – And It Beat Expensive Filters
Low-cost, DIY air purifiers are proving to be just as effective as expensive commercial units at protecting indoor spaces from wildfire smoke and airborne viruses. Designed during the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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