Peptides extracted from scorpion venom fights off drug-resistant bacterial infections in mice.
Peptides extracted from scorpion venom fights off drug-resistant bacterial infections in mice.
Particle physicists and biologists unite to answer one of the most puzzling questions of the universe: Does dark matter exist?
Scientists have crafted two new definitions for the common unit of mass. The fight to pick the best one is getting nasty.
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In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
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Microscopic sponges made entirely of RNA enable efficient gene silencing.