Fully assembled SEND packages are released from the cell to be collected for gene therapy. Credit: McGovern Institute Made of components found in the human…
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Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigor
Credit: Shutterstock Autocorrection, or predictive text, is a common feature of many modern tech tools, from internet searches to messaging apps and word processors. Autocorrection…
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Transforming Circles Into Squares: Researchers Reconfigure Material Topology on the Microscale
Researchers encoded patterns and designs into the material by making tiny, invisible tweaks to the geometry of the triangular lattice. Credit: Image courtesy of Shucong…
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A Peculiar State of Matter in Layers of Semiconductors Could Advance Quantum Computing
The setup for the milli-electronvolt inelastic X-ray scattering that probes the many-body localization in the disordered superlattice system. Credit: Image courtesy of the researchers In…
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Graphene Binds Drugs That Kill Bacteria on Medical Implants To Prevent Infection
Usnic acid (yellow) is integrated in and released from the implant’s graphene coating. The usnic acid kills the bacteria (green) and thereby prevents them from…
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Turning the tables into touchscreens
Credit: Nara Institute of Science and Technology Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) used a synchronized projector and camera to produce a…
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AI Networks Based on Human Brain Connectivity Can Perform Cognitive Tasks
Artificial neural networks modeled on real brains can perform cognitive tasks. A new study shows that artificial intelligence networks based on human brain connectivity can…
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How an Elephant’s Trunk Manipulates Air To Eat and Drink – Animal’s “Swiss Army Knife” Could Help Build Better Robots
New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order to create more space in their trunks, allowing them…
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Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cosmic Rays
In experiments performed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers found that fluctuations in the electrical charge of multiple quantum bits, or “qubits,” can be highly…
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MIT’s New Tunable “Metasurface” is Akin to Optical Swiss Army Knife
Close-up of the new MIT metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with some 100,000 nanoscale structures, that is integrated on a silicon chip and can…
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