Biology
Could all your digital photos be stored as DNA?
On Earth right now, there are about 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data, and every day,...
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Lessons from teaching about the pandemic in real-time
May 19, 2021Just a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, Alan Grossman was already mulling over...
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Biologists discover a trigger for cell extrusion
May 4, 2021For all animals, eliminating some cells is a necessary part of embryonic development. Living cells are...
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Up for a challenge in the lab and on the mat
April 27, 2021At 5:30 a.m., his alarm would start blaring. Reluctant to get up, Jose Aceves-Salvador would hear...
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Using CRISPR as a research tool to develop cancer treatments
April 22, 2021CRISPR’s potential to prevent or treat disease is widely recognized. But the gene-editing technology can also...
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An on-off switch for gene editing
April 13, 2021Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized genetic engineering, allowing scientists to...
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A safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors
April 4, 2021In recent years, scientists have developed many strains of engineered bacteria that can be used as...
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Vaccination by inhalation
March 18, 2021Many viruses infect their hosts through mucosal surfaces such as the lining of the respiratory tract....
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