Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change
Enzymes are proteins – large molecules that do the behind-the-scenes work that keep all living things alive. These proteins are made up of amino acids, a set of building blocks that can be stitched ...
How artists and scientists see tree branches similarly
Yet only “Gray Tree” has scale-invariant branch diameters. When Mondrian removes the scale invariance in “Blooming Apple Tree ...
Active matter: Scientists create three-dimensional 'synthetic worms'
Researchers at the University of Bristol have made a breakthrough in the development of "life-like" synthetic materials which ...
Durham University researchers make discovery which reshapes how scientists view organism death
This study has revealed that an enzyme in E-coli bacteria breaks down the contents of cells into nutrients after death ...
Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable
A new startup from one of the key scientists at Google DeepMind exits stealth today with $50 million in funding.
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Beyond DNA: How environments influence biology to make things happen
This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists and colleagues discuss phenomics, exposomics, and the factors that influence DNA ...
Q&A: Professor discusses using light to 'hear' viruses
Elad Harel is used to shining a light on the mysteries of the natural world. Working at the cutting-edge of ultrafast ...
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Meet Sylvia Earle, the Trailblazing Marine Biologist Who Has Spent Her Career Giving Algae Their Long-Deserved Due
For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...
Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...
Mirror life is a scientific fantasy leading to a dangerous reality − a synthetic biologist explains how mirror bacteria could conquer life on Earth
Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...