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The Race Beyond Alpha Fold
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (379+ words) Google's latest AI showcase revealed a growing shift from specialized scientific tools toward autonomous systems that could one day conduct research independently, raising profound questions about the future of science and human intelligence. Coding expertise is considered crucial for the…...
Reuters Science News Summary | Technology
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (368+ words) Reuters Science News Summary Devdiscourse Reuters Science News Summary The latest uncrewed launch of Starship - designed to enable more frequent Starlink satellite launches and to send future NASA missions to the moon - achieved a key milestone for the vehicle following…...
University Of Florida: DNA-Guided CRISPR Breakthrough Could Reshape RNA Editing And Diagnostics
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (619+ words) A team of researchers at the University of Florida has developed what it says is the world's first CRISPR system guided by DNA rather than RNA, a breakthrough that could improve the precision, safety, stability, and affordability of gene-editing and…...
AI accelerates hunt for brain condition treatments | LBC
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (597+ words) 10pm - 1am10pm to 1am 7pm - 11pm7pm to 11pm Researchers at the UK Dementia Research Institute are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to speed up the search for treatments to neurological conditions. Scientists hope that using algorithms to detect patterns of disease will reduce time usually spent analysing…...
Imperagen Raises "5 M to Apply Quantum Physics to Enzymes
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (503+ words) British biotech startup Imperagen has secured "5 million (around $6. 7 million) in seed funding. Their goal? To create a groundbreaking enzyme engineering platform that merges quantum physics calculations with artificial intelligence for designing superior biological catalysts from the ground up. This funding…...
Silk can be transformed into a super-material stronger than bone
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (899+ words) Silk has always had a reputation for being tough. Spiders use it to build webs that can survive heavy wind and flying insects. Silkworms wrap themselves in it for protection. Humans turned it into clothing thousands of years ago because…...
18 Animals That Can Regenerate Lost Body Parts
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (1273+ words) Imagine losing a limb and just growing it back like nothing happened. Sounds like something straight out of a superhero comic, right? But in the animal kingdom, this astonishing power isn't just fantasy'it's a day-to-day reality. From tiny worms to…...
Google Health app removes Fitbit calorie deficit feature, but there's a potential workaround
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (300+ words) The trade-off, however, is the loss of Fitbit's easy calorie-deficit tools. Sure, you can still set a'fixed calorie target, but the old Flexi'budget "Food Plan" that automatically increased your allowance when you burned extra calories is gone. In short, you…...
Stanford University: Protein Engineering And Testing Condensed To A Single Day
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (664+ words) Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new protein engineering method called MIDAS, short for Microbe-Independent Deep Assembly and Screening, that dramatically accelerates the process of designing, building, and testing protein variants. The team says the approach can reduce a…...
Yes, Doom Now Runs on a Toy Video Walkie-Talkie
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (366+ words) As someone who loves to reverse engineer and hack hardware of all descriptions, Aaron Christophel has got a lot of unusual gadgets lying around his workshop. Lately he has been digging into the operation of a cheap-yet-super-cool video walkie-talkie toy....