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Hashing complements alignment-based methods for bacterial genome annotation
DNA sequencing has changed biology like nothing else since the origin of species theory. In particular,…
Novel chemical reaction supports carbon-neutral industrial processes
A team of researchers led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National…
Molecular shape-shifting: New theory on autonomous remodeling of structures
Structures made out of building blocks can shift their shape and autonomously self-organize to a new…
Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars
When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on…
Watching water droplets merge on the International Space Station
Understanding how water droplets spread and coalesce is essential for scenarios in everyday life, such as…
Flying snakes help scientists design new robots
Robots have been designed to move in ways that mimic animal movements, such as walking and…
Fish larvae find their way using external cues, new study finds
The first global analysis of larval orientation studies found that millimeter-size fish babies consistently use external…
Lab produces building blocks to DNA and RNA in deep space conditions
The synthetic production of a critical building block called methanediamine for the first time, by researchers…
Phase separation of scaffold protein regulates microbial asymmetric cell division
By polarizing different cell fate determinants at opposite cell poles, asymmetric cell division (ACD) that produces…