An unusual protein structure known as a ‘rippled beta sheet,’ first predicted in 1953, has now…
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How historical precedents impeded recognition of airborne COVID-19 transmission
A comprehensive historical assessment of knowledge and beliefs about disease transmission sheds light on why influential…
Motion of DNA linked to its damage response, ability to repair itself
Researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can…
Transgender parents bring child-centered perspective to parenthood, research finds
Many transgender parents with children between one-and-a-half and six years of age hesitate to label their…
From wound healing to regeneration
The phenomenon of regeneration was discovered over 200 years ago in the freshwater polyp Hydra. Until…
Quantum materials: Entanglement of many atoms discovered
Be it magnets or superconductors: materials are known for their various properties. However, these properties may…
How artificial intelligence can explain its decisions
Today, when an algorithm identifies a tumor in a tissue sample, it doesn’t reveal how it…
Did primitive cetaceans feed like marine reptiles?
Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years…
New treatment could result in more donor lungs
A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers have conducted an animal…
Untangled blinking: Fluorescence patterns aid medical diagnostics
Researchers have partners detected unique fluorescence blinking patterns in experiments of electron transfer to single DNA…