Researchers have found the first genetic marker for HCM in a dog. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. âManâs best friendâ is proving to be helpful for studying a deadly heart mutation. A team at North Carolina State UniversityContinue Reading
New evidence suggests that adults over 50 who receive the shingles vaccineâparticularly the newer recombinant versionâare significantly less likely to suffer strokes or heart attacks. Photograph by massimo colombo, Getty Images New research shows the shingles vaccine can lower your risk of stroke and heart attackâin addition to preventing theContinue Reading
Research Briefing Published: 01 September 2025 Nature Biotechnology (2025)Cite this article Subjects Precision CRISPRâCas9-mediated genome engineering remains challenging, particularly gene integration and editing in non-dividing cells. We present Pythia, a deep learning solution that forecasts optimal repair templates and enables predictable and accurate genome editing in diverse cellular contexts, bothContinue Reading
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 34, August 2025. SignificanceReactions at interfaces are an important and ubiquitous type of process. Despite their prevalence in nature, obtaining a molecular-level understanding of these processes remains challenging due to difficulties associated with probing the …Read MoreContinue Reading
In the past decades, China has witnessed high air pollution associated with rapid economic development, although regulatory efforts have alleviated the situation since 2013. Haze events characterized by high particulate matter (PM) levels in China are …Read MoreContinue Reading
Horseshoe crabs are an ancient lineage with an evolutionary history stretching back 450 million years (Ordovician period) and are generally considered to be examples of âliving fossils.â A paleontologist from West Virginia University has described a new genus and species of true horseshoe crab from a Silurian-age specimen unearthed inContinue Reading
Credit: Emre Akkoyun/Shutterstock Key Takeaways Google Translate can now generate language lessons using AI. The lessons let you practice listening to or speaking your target language. In addition, Google Translate now has real-time live translation for the app’s Conversation feature. Table of Contents Did you know you can customize GoogleContinue Reading
Life A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large, serrated teeth capable of slicing through muscle By James Woodford Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Artistâs illustration of the ancient reptile Kostensuchus atrox Gabriel Diaz Yanten, CC-BY 4.0 AnContinue Reading
A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material. Credit: NASA / Zia Rahman Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Asteroids may be wondrous windows into the history of the cosmos, but the unfortunateContinue Reading
Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding squid-like ancestors. It was previously thought ancient organisms called nectocaridids, which bear a resemblance to squid, were a type of cephalopod – marine molluscs with tentacles and a prominent head. But scientists, co-led by the UniversityContinue Reading
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