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1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (607+ words) A new study suggests that the brain may build complex behavior in much the same way engineers build sophisticated machines: by combining reusable components rather than creating an entirely new system for every challenge. In experiments with mice and artificial…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (555+ words) A new molecular design strategy is bringing two traditionally separate worlds of chemistry together: proteins, nature’s highly evolved molecular machines, and foldamers, synthetic molecules engineered to imitate the controlled shapes of biological polymers. In a study published in Nature Chemistry,…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (549+ words) Scientists have built living circuit boards by printing bacterial cells into carefully arranged patterns, creating reconfigurable biological computers that can perform logic operations without altering their genetic code....

3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (603+ words) A new study is giving scientists an unusually detailed view of how the maize embryo builds its first leaves, using a technology capable of reading complete RNA molecules while preserving their precise locations inside developing tissue....

4+ hour, 51+ min ago   (472+ words) Researchers in Japan have uncovered how plants distinguish dangerous “jumping genes” from essential genes when establishing DNA methylation, a chemical marking system that can silence genetic material without altering the underlying DNA sequence....

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (57+ words) Drug-induced liver injury, one of the most unpredictable complications of modern pharmacotherapy, may be driven by a molecular failure that scientists are now learning to prevent. A study by Lan, Zheng, Li and colleagues reports that schisandrin lignans—bioactive compounds…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (328+ words) | Newswise Newswise Complete monk fruit genome reveals a gentle path to domestication Monk fruit, or Siraitia grosvenorii, has long been used as both a medicinal plant and a source of zero-calorie sweetness. Yet modern production relies heavily on only a…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1545+ words) Sun, Aug 16, 2026 | Rabi al-Awwal 3, 1448 | Fajr 04:31|DXB 35.8°C A 17-year-old Dubai College graduate who prepared for the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) largely on his own has made UAE history after winning a bronze medal at one of the world’s leading biology…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (668+ words) Viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria — also known as bacteriophages or simply phages — infect bacteria but leave human cells alone. Once they attach to a bacterial cell, they inject their genetic material, hijack the cell's machinery and force it…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (595+ words) Microbial communities may be carrying a hidden record of the temperatures and nutrient conditions in the environments where they live. A new study published in Nature Microbiology reports that environmental temperature can be predicted from microbial DNA composition alone, even…...