Biology

September 23, 2024

Tiny brain bubbles carry complete codes

In findings published in Cell Reports, senior author Jerold Chun, M.D., Ph.D., and team also discovered that the biological instructions...

WVU psychologist ‘reverse engineers’ slot machines to better understand compulsive gambling

A West Virginia University researcher is studying slot machines to determine what makes them a potentially addictive form of gambling.Credit:...

Insilico Medicine unveils quantum-assisted approach to designing drugs from fragments

April 18, 2024

A groundbreaking new algorithm called Quantum-assisted Fragment-based Automated Structure Generator (QFASG) from a team of researchers at clinical stage artificial...

How plants adjust their photosynthesis to changing light

Light supplies the energy plants need to build up biomass. A research team from Bergen, Bochum, Düsseldorf, Münster and Potsdam...

Mediterranean marine worm has developed eyes “as big as millstones”

The Vanadis bristle worm has eyes as big as millstones – relatively speaking. Indeed, if our eyes were proportionally as...

Can language models read the genome? This one decoded mRNA to make better vaccines.

The same class of artificial intelligence that made headlines coding software and passing the bar exam has learned to read...

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the rib bones

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton — including the bones of the...

Rusty-patched bumblebee’s struggle for survival found in its genes

A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The...

Four in five bird species cannot tolerate intense human pressures

In a recent study, researchers found that 78% of the world’s bird species do not thrive in the most modified...

Nerve cells not entirely “young at heart”