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22+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1767+ words) Newswise " Dozens of empty champagne bottles line a high shelf in the office of Joan A. Steitz, Ph D, each signed by a newly minted doctor on the day of their dissertation defense. It is a sparkling record of mentorship for…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (990+ words) In the evolving landscape of biology education, a crucial question arises: What is the fundamental obligation of a doctor, or indeed any scientist? Is it to achieve optimal outcomes for patients and society, or is it to uphold the uncompromising…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (120+ words) PA Media Waters Introduces Unrivaled Sensitivity and Speed to Benchtop HRMS with Xevo MRT P10 MS, Accelerating Multiomics Research Waters Launches Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry Technology to Accelerate the Development of Next-Generation Biotherapeutics Waters Sets New Standards for High Resolution Performance…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (207+ words) A team of researchers using cryo-electron tomography, a technique that produces three-dimensional microscopic images, has recently discovered a previously unknown nanostructure within the tails of sperm cells. Thousands of motor proteins " molecules that are capable of movement " are attached to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (42+ words) BBC Tracking Hedgehog Habitats Using AI Researchers at Cambridge University are honing in on hedgehog habitats using satellite data and AI, in an effort to slow the decline in population. Tracking Hedgehog Habitats Using AI (2: 41)...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (936+ words) In a groundbreaking advancement poised to revolutionize municipal wastewater treatment, researchers have engineered a novel membrane technology that integrates amine-functionalized biochar derived from microalgae biomass with cellulose acetate to form hybrid ultrafiltration membranes. This innovative endeavor addresses the persistent challenge…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (256+ words) astrobiology. com Development and Demonstration of a Modular Astrobiological Experiments (MAEx) Payload for Autonomous Biological Monitoring in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) The spaceflight environment presents unique physicochemical conditions, including microgravity, ionizing radiation, altered fluid transport, and confined engineered habitats, which…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (226+ words) astrobiology. com Synthetic Biology As An Empirical Tool For Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary biology has traditionally inferred process from patterns in extant organisms and the fossil record, leaving many foundational questions constrained by their historical nature. Over the past two decades,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (201+ words) May 29, 2026 | Company News, Lab Equipment, Molecular Diagnostics | Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced the Invitrogen E-Gel Power Snap Lite Electrophoresis System, a compact, integrated platform for routine nucleic acid verification. The system combines gel electrophoresis and imaging into a single device, allowing…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (62+ words) The Times of India - Meet Tibor G'nti: The forgotten scientist who explained life decades before modern biology caught up Tibor G'nti's journey into the question of life How G'nti designed a minimal model for life itself Why Tibor G'nti's Chemoton…...