By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created a new way to improve our understanding of the origins of life on Earth and…
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New AI-driven method enables precise design of highly efficient custom enzymes
Enzymes with specific functions are becoming increasingly important in industry, medicine and environmental protection. For example, they make it possible to synthesise chemicals in a more environmentally friendly way, produce…
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Missions like Artemis could be preventing us from discovering the secrets of life on Earth, say scientists
As NASA’s Artemis programme ramps up and excitement builds around humanity’s return to the Moon, could missions like this be hampering our ability to unlock the secrets of life on Earth?
That’s what one science study says. The team behind the…
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Images show thousands of newly-identified asteroids. And there’s more to come
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Forget world records because astronomers recently announced a new solar system record – the fastest spinning large asteroid ever discovered. It’s about the length of eight football…
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Comparative prognostic value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and NT-proBNP for 30-day mortality in non-cardiac critically ill patients
Thygesen, K. et al. Fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction (2018). J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 72, 2231–2264 (2018).
Giannitsis, E., Kurz, K., Hallermayer, K., Jarausch, J. & Katus,…
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Scientists Turn Mysterious Cell ‘Vaults’ Into a Diary of Genetic Activity Through Time
In the 1980s, UCLA cellular biologist Leonard Rome noticed odd, barrel-shaped structures present in almost all cells. The hollow particles were filled with RNA and a handful of proteins. Naming them vaults, Rome has tried to understand their…
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The Sun’s Red Dwarf Neighbors Provide Clues to Origins of Carbon and Oxygen
We live near a fusion reactor in space that provides all our heat and light. That reactor is also responsible for the creation of various elements heavier than hydrogen, and that’s true of all stars. So, how do we know that stars are…
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Expris Advances Robotic Object Recognition With 3D Semantic Scene Graphs
Scientists are tackling the limitations of current robotic object recognition, which frequently struggles with semantic consistency despite advances in deep learning. Marian Renz, Martin Günther, and Felix Igelbrink, from the German Research…
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Quantum Amplitudes Achieve Reconstruction Of Spacetime Geometry And Black Hole Signatures
Researchers are increasingly seeking to understand the fundamental connection between quantum mechanics and gravity, and a new study published by Claudio Gambino from Sapienza University of Rome, alongside colleagues, offers a significant step…
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