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Producing biomaterials that match the performance of cartilage and tendons has been an elusive goal for scientists, but a new material demonstrates a promising new approach to mimicking natural tissue.
Jul 12th, 2022
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Scientists have developed a modular software system for optimizing biological systems. The research team demonstrates its usability and versatility with a variety of biological examples.
Jul 9th, 2022
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Scientists describe a way to use AI to reliably predict the structure of certain RNA molecules from their nucleotide sequence.
Jul 8th, 2022
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Matching blood or stool samples to a reference database of foods reveals how much of our body chemistry is traceable to what we consume.
Jul 7th, 2022
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The average body contains about 37 trillion cells - and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest to understand what they all do. Unravelling this requires the expertise of scientists from all different backgrounds - computer scientists, biologists, clinicians and mathematicians - as well as new technology and some pretty sophisticated algorithms.
Jul 7th, 2022
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An interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists and engineers have become the first to successfully grow a limpet inspired biomaterial with extreme strength.
Jul 7th, 2022
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Experimental study in human cells finds large DNA insertions that could increase cancer risk.
Jul 7th, 2022
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Thanks to a new understanding of the role RNA regulation plays in the production of platelets, these little lifesavers could one day be manufactured in the lab, reducing the need for blood donations.
Jul 4th, 2022
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The spectacular success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 is only the beginning, with RNA vaccines potentially be used for HIV, malaria and even to treat cancer.
Jul 4th, 2022
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Targeted repairs with 'nicks' of single DNA strands provide foundation for novel disease therapies.
Jul 2nd, 2022
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Scientists have developed a new class of energy-dense biofuels based on one of nature's most unique molecules.
Jul 1st, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new experimental method, based on magneto-active polymers, to study cellular behaviour. These compounds, which consist of a polymeric matrix containing magnetic particles, mechanically react by changing their shape and stiffness.
Jun 28th, 2022
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Similar to the vaccines against the coronavirus, RNA-based antibiotics could significantly improve modern medicine. Scientists investigate the prerequisites that such antibiotics must meet for this strategy to work.
Jun 28th, 2022
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The monumental global task to restore degraded ecosystems will need to include sophisticated technologies such as environmental DNA monitoring to understand and support the recovery of complex biospheres. Genomics provides some important 'weapons' in the fight to repair ecosystems - from authenticating seed sources to improving the detection of invasive weeds or animals.
Jun 27th, 2022
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Researchers show that using four frequencies of applied voltage can improve the measurement of cell size and shape during impedance cytometry, enabling to enhance the speed and accuracy of biological experiments.
Jun 24th, 2022
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Scientists are developing artificial photosynthesis to help make food production more energy-efficient here on Earth, and one day possibly on Mars.
Jun 23rd, 2022
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Not only could this new tool help with the difficult job of altering proteins in practically useful ways, but it also works by methods that are fully interpretable - an advantage over the conventional artificial intelligence that has aided with protein engineering in the past.
Jun 23rd, 2022
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The new imaging approach brings current imaging colors from four to more than 15 for mapping overlapping proteins.
Jun 22nd, 2022
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