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Self-Healing, Electrically Polarized Hydrogel Advances Biomedical
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (410+ words) Researchers in Japan and Germany have created a self-healing hydrogel whose internal architecture is so precisely organized that it resembles a microscopic plumbing system. Built from a single synthetic peptide, the material forms helical nanofibers containing water-filled channels only a…...
Scientists Engineer Cellular Membrane Transport
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (520+ words) A team at the University of Stuttgart has developed a programmable DNA origami nanosyringe that can mechanically transport molecules across synthetic cell membranes....
Machine Learning May Make Prenatal Genetic Testing More Reliable
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (524+ words) Advances in genome sequencing are opening a new window onto fetal health, allowing clinicians to examine an unborn baby’s DNA for changes associated with genetic and neurodevelopmental conditions. Yet the same technology that can reveal potentially important mutations can also…...
Miniature microscope lets scientists observe and control brain cells during
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (400+ words) A tiny microscope weighing just five grams could give neuroscientists an unprecedented view of how individual brain cells control behavior while animals move naturally....
Arkansas researchers map genetic neighborhoods to identify disease-causing
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (391+ words) Scientists in Arkansas have developed a machine-learning approach that can identify potentially disease-causing strains of a poultry bacterium by analyzing not only which genes are present, but also how those genes are arranged across the genome....
High-resolution X-ray imaging reveals leaf interiors, guiding efforts to
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (338+ words) A new three-dimensional look inside sorghum leaves is revealing how crops may be redesigned to use less water without sacrificing the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis. Using high-resolution micro-computed tomography, or microCT, researchers have mapped the connections between leaf…...
The Complete Diploid Human Genome Has Finally Been Sequenced
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (640+ words) In 2022, the first human genome was completed, filling in the last 8% of the genome left unresolved by the Human Genome Project. Researchers have now gone one step further and reconstructed a complete diploid genome, establishing the most complete and highest-quality…...
Plasma protein signatures linked to extubation outcomes in extremely
18+ hour, 16+ min ago (366+ words) Extremely premature infants who require mechanical ventilation face a difficult transition when clinicians attempt to remove the breathing tube. Extubation can be a major step toward recovery, yet some infants are unable to sustain independent breathing and must be reintubated....
Marine fungi harbor giant endogenous viral remnants that co-diversified
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (490+ words) Marine fungi may be preserving a hidden record of ancient viral evolution, according to a study by S.K. Whitner, A.S. Amend and A.I. Culley published in npj Viruses....
Constructing Digital Twin Brains Beyond Measurement Limits
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (502+ words) The idea of creating a digital copy of the human brain has long belonged more to science fiction than to working biology....