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Beyond CRISPR: New DNA tools rewrite genes to fight diseases like COVID-19
When Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, their CRISPR…
Our climate has changed. How do we learn to live with extreme events?
By some measures, climate change is in the past. Click here for original story,…
A surprisingly soft mineral may control how Earth recycles rocks
The geological events we see on the surface of the Earth as mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes…
Europium and light: An innovative platform for quantum computers and communications
The ability to interact with light provides important functionalities for quantum systems, such as communicating over…
New technology enables unprecedented glimpse inside single brain cells
Salk Institute researchers have developed a new genomic technology to simultaneously analyze the DNA, RNA and…
When ribosomes collide: How bacteria clean up after molecular crashes
The knobby, 3D structure on the screen in front of Rachel Green showed an intracellular car…
Study confirms SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in trade-confiscated pangolins in Viet Nam
A new study in the journal Frontiers in Public Health led by scientists from the Wildlife…
Team chosen to be first to make oxygen on the moon
Following a competition, ESA has selected the industrial team that will design and build the first…
How to talk to extraterrestrials
In Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” extraterrestrials communicate with humans through…