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Student sampling microbes from a Christmas tree.
1+ day, 38+ min ago (61+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Student sampling microbes from a Christmas tree. Giulia Ghisleni and Antonia Bruno Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. More…...
Hierarchical Artificial Intelligence Maps Long-Range DNA Signals Controlling RNA Splicing
1+ week, 1+ day ago (64+ words) [IMAGE] Eurek Alert! A hierarchical Transformer model analyzes DNA sequences spanning up to 100, 000 base pairs, linking distant regulatory elements with splice-site activity while highlighting biologically important regions through attention maps. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this…...
New tool empowers research on key proteins
3+ week, 2+ day ago (378+ words) image: The microscopy setup for measuring the activity rates of individual scramblase proteins. view more Credit: Dr. Anant Menon "I'm excited about this new platform as it is versatile and provides unprecedented information on exactly how fast a single scramblase…...
Evolution toward extinction in an RNA-protein self-replication system
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (194+ words) A long-term evolutionary experiment using a self-replicating RNA-protein system resulted in evolution toward extinction. This finding suggests that the conditions allowing primitive replicators to survive at the origin of life are severely limited Recent research showed that an artificially constructed…...
Examples that highlight the building of biomolecular assemblies with MDNA
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (28+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! More on this News Release A user-friendly software suite for DNA structure generation and analysis...
Evidence for mirror self-recognition in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (54+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Some beluga whales appear to recognize themselves in a mirror, per a case study of captive whales which may provide the first evidence of mirror…...
Hidden viruses reshape one of Earth's largest carbon systems, study finds
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Research uncovers how viruses target key microbes that drive carbon cycling in the dark Viruses play a far more active role in Earth's carbon cycle than previously understood, according to new research that reveals how they infect and control microbes…...
Cook Inlet belugas [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (37+ words) Cook Inlet belugas (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Cook Inlet belugas swimming in northern Cook Inlet, near Anchorage, Alaska. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release UW researchers decipher beluga calls to bolster conservation efforts...
Bringing together the tools to harness the potential of microbial diversity [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) Bringing together the tools to harness the potential of microbial diversity (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Jovana De Biasio Cvorovic More on this News Release Bringing together the tools to harness the potential of microbial diversity...
Protein structures [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (172+ words) Protein structures (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! An almost perfect match: Two protein subunit structures, one from a gut bacterium and one from a marine relative, overlaid on top of each other. The striking overlap reveals how conserved this protein is across…...