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A large language model can design and troubleshoot CRISPR protocols from scratch, allowing first-time researchers to achieve up to 90 percent editing efficiency.

Sucrose provides plants with more than energy. It acts as a temperature sensor, signaling growth in warm conditions.

Whether it’s heat, emotions, or stress, the body sweats it out through a varied mix of volatile chemicals and microbes.

Brain activity, neurotransmitter levels, and a combination of psychological factors influence whether people remember most of their dreams in vivid detail.

Tumor cells rob other cells' mitochondria to energize their spread. For the first time, scientists discovered such theft from neurons.

Players compete, collaborate, and celebrate in a satirical race to publish groundbreaking papers on hilariously absurd research topics.

Patricia Bondia, a biotechnologist turned science illustrator, develops video games based on scientific concepts to connect to general audiences.

First-in-the-field bioinformatics analyses revealed gene regulatory elements that act differently in animals that hibernate from those that don’t. 

Different levels of two neuropeptides can turn leafcutter ants into soldiers, farmers, or nurses, highlighting their role in regulating complex social behavior.

Overweight teenagers with impaired glucose control showed poor bone quality, raising concerns for future osteoporosis risk.

Inflammation from viral infections promotes cancer metastasis, offering answers to why some cancers reawaken in humans.

Cows rely on their rumen microbiome to digest food and produce milk efficiently. Understanding these microbes could help revolutionize dairy farming.