7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (636+ words) Cornell researchers have developed a lightweight wireless device that can record brain activity from animals moving freely in natural environments, giving scientists a new way to study behavior that has been difficult or impossible to reproduce in laboratories. The device,…...

8+ hour, 47+ min ago   (317+ words) | Newswise Newswise Gene editing breakthrough unlocks new possibilities for lisianthus breeding Through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of the EgPDS in Eustoma grandiflorum. Despite its commercial importance, lisianthus has lagged behind other ornamental crops in genetic improvement. Conventional breeding via F1 hybridization cannot…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (328+ words) The quantum mechanical side of chemical bonding — explained without the math. So you know what a …...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (271+ words) This work presents a conditional deep convolutional generative adversarial network (CDCGAN) for the inverse design of high-absorptance periodic metasurfaces (MSs) with different geometries. The conditioning mechanism encodes geometric and spectral parameters. A key innovation is the inclusion of unit cells…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (521+ words) Bacteria are famous for forming patterns, from the concentric rings of Proteus colonies to the branching networks that motile microbes paint across agar plates. Now researchers at Columbia University have turned one of biology’s most familiar workhorses, Escherichia coli, into…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (80+ words) Bacterial wilt, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, is one of the most destructive plant diseases in the world, striking tomatoes, potatoes, bananas and hundreds of other crops. Once the bacterium establishes itself in a field, it is notoriously…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (587+ words) A team of researchers in China has sequenced the first complete mitochondrial genome of the jumping plant louse Bactericera gobica and, by combining it with nearly every other Triozidae mitogenome available, assembled the most comprehensive genetic dataset ever compiled for…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (55+ words) Gene editing has long promised a revolution in cancer medicine, yet the promise has remained stubbornly out of reach for one deceptively simple reason: getting the CRISPR-Cas9 machinery into tumor cells, and only tumor cells, is extraordinarily difficult. A new…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (582+ words) Exercise is one of the most powerful medicines for the heart, enlarging cardiomyocytes in a healthy way and shielding the organ from the devastating damage that follows a heart attack. Yet the molecular arithmetic behind this benefit has remained stubbornly…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago   (542+ words) The Wuzhishan miniature pig has long been considered one of the most promising large-animal models for cardiac research and xenotransplantation, prized for its physiological closeness to humans and its manageable size. Yet despite its growing importance in translational medicine, no…...