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AI Helping to Quantify Enzyme Activity

October 20, 2021
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Düsseldorf, Germany — Without enzymes, an organism would not be able to survive. It is these biocatalysts that facilitate a whole range of chemical reactions, producing the building blocks of the cells....

Artificial Intelligence-Based Technology Quickly Identifies Genetic Causes of Serious Disease

October 14, 2021
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Salt Lake City, UT — An artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology rapidly diagnoses rare disorders in critically ill children with high accuracy, according to a report by scientists from University...

Sequencing Multiple RNA Base Modifications Simultaneously: a New Era of RNA Biology

October 4, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — After a gene is transcribed into RNA, modifications can occur to the subunits or “bases” that make up the RNA molecule, which can affect its structure and function. The study of these...

New Tool Predicts Changes that may Make COVID Variants more Infectious

October 4, 2021
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University Park, PA — As SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve, new variants are expected to arise that may have an increased ability to infect their hosts and evade the hosts’ immune systems. The first...

Expanding the Genetic Code with Quadruplet Codons

October 4, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — One of modern biologists’ most ambitious goals is to learn how to expand or otherwise modify the genetic code of life on Earth, in order to make new, artificial life forms. Part of the...

Nanoparticles to Protect Animals from Skin Parasites

October 1, 2021
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Kazan, Russia — An international researcher team of Louisiana Tech University, Gubkin University and Kazan Federal University reported the fabrication of nanoscale insecticidal hair coating for prolonged...

Tracking Muscle Activity with Clothes on Your Back

October 1, 2021
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Washington, DC — Bioelectrical sensors on the skin can be used to measure electrical signals in the body, like heart activity and muscle contraction. While that provides valuable information for clinicians,...

Whole-Heart Computational Modelling Provides Insights for Individualized Treatment

October 1, 2021
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Washington, DC — Whole-heart ventricular modelling has come a long way in recent years and is currently witnessing the evolution of a variety of computational approaches, especially within the realm...

Unbreakable Glass Inspired by Seashells

October 1, 2021
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Montréal, QC — Scientists from McGill University develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shells. Instead of shattering upon impact, the new material has the resiliency...

Watching SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Animal Models in Real Time

September 30, 2021
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San Antonio, TX — A version of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, has been successfully modified to glow brightly in cells and animal tissues, providing a real-time way to track the...

Machine Learning Uncovers “Genes of Importance” in Agriculture and Medicine

September 30, 2021
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New York, NY — Machine learning can pinpoint “genes of importance” that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. It can also predict additional...

3D Printed Vaccine Patch Offers Vaccination Without a Shot

September 29, 2021
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Chapel Hill, NC — Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a 3D-printed vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical vaccine...

Development of Dendritic-Network-Implementable Artificial Neurofiber Transistors

September 29, 2021
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Seoul, Republic of Korea — Advances in artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies have led to an astronomical increase in the amounts of data available for processing by computers. Existing computing...

Engineers Introduce a New Approach for Recycling Plastics

September 28, 2021
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Each human being uses, on average, 30 kg of plastic per year. Given that global life expectancy currently stands at approximately 70 years, each person will discard some two...

Researchers Explain How Nanomaterial Aids Antibody Response, Study It as Antibody Factory

September 28, 2021
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Ames, IA — The researchers’ original task was to figure out how certain polymer nanomaterials provided for a low-inflammatory immune response and yet were able to boost antibody production as part...

Microneedle Patch Delivers COVID-19 DNA Vaccine; Doesn’t Require Cold Storage

September 28, 2021
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Beijing, China — More than 2 billion people worldwide are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, many who live in resource-limited countries haven’t been able to get vaccines, partly because these...

DNA Sensor Quickly Determines Whether Viruses are Infectious

September 27, 2021
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Champaign, IL — A new sensor can detect not only whether a virus is present, but whether it’s infectious – an important distinction for containing viral spread. Researchers at the University of...

Deep Learning Enhances Cancer Diagnostic Tools

September 27, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Yi “Edwin” Sun, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and member of the Beckman Institute’s Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory...

Inspired by Bacteria and Sperm, Scientists Make Micro-Robot Swimmers

September 27, 2021
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Ithaca, NY — Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic swimmers – whose movements...

Antibiotic Levels Measurable in Breath for First Time

September 24, 2021
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — A team of engineers and biotechnologists at the University of Freiburg has for the first time shown in mammals that the concentration of antibiotics in the body can...

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