It’s Like Science Wordle
Welcome to Words for Nerds, our popular and addictive daily science word game. Think of it as science Wordle—a guessing jumble for every nerd, especially the busy life scientist looking to get a little break from the rigors of research.
The rules are simple:You have six chances to guess either a five-letter or six-letter (see “Hard Mode” under the settings wheel) science-related word. If a letter you input turns green it means you’ve placed the correct letter in that position. If it turns orange, that letter is in the word but in a different position. Gray letters are not in that day’s puzzle. Play Words for Nerds every day and share your score with your friends, colleagues, mentees, or social followers.
Latest
pH-Engineered Venom-Fighting Antibodies
Laura Tran, PhD | Oct 11, 2024 | 4 min read
A combinatorial approach enabled researchers to develop antibodies with improved catch-and-release abilities against snake venom toxins.
Why Timing Matters When Taking Medicines
Sneha Khedkar | Oct 10, 2024 | 4 min read
Human liver cells follow their own circadian rhythms, which regulate drug metabolism and infection.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Work on Proteins
Sneha Khedkar | Oct 9, 2024 | 3 min read
David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper share this year’s Chemistry award for their research on protein design and structure prediction.
Vizgen and Ultivue Merge to Enable Deeper Insights into Disease Mechanisms and Drive Innovation in Spatial Multi-Omics
Vizgen Inc | Oct 9, 2024 | 2 min read
Combined single-cell spatial genomics and multiplex proteomic profiling technologies position merged company to accelerate discoveries in foundational and clinical research
Disappearing Act: Novel Population of Transient Macrophages Repair Lungs After Illness
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | Oct 9, 2024 | 4 min read
Initially mistaken for neutrophils, a population of atypical macrophages appears in the lungs after severe viral infection, orchestrates tissue repair, and then vanishes.
The Unexplored Effects of Weight-Loss Drugs on the Brain
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Oct 8, 2024 | 4 min read
Popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are used to treat obesity and diabetes. Now, researchers found that these drugs also affect rodent brains in other ways.
Nobel Prize for microRNA
Danielle Gerhard, PhD and Sneha Khedkar | Oct 7, 2024 | 4 min read
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
In Search of Microbes That Weave Colors into Moroccan Carpets
Laura Tran, PhD | Oct 7, 2024 | 5 min read
A scientist’s quest for microbes that produce purple pigments led her to the vibrant world of natural dyes, where biology and traditional artistry intertwine.
The First Nitrogen-Fixing Eukaryotic Marine Alga Discovered
Karen Kelley Perkins, PhD | Oct 7, 2024 | 5 min read
What scientists thought was an endosymbiont in algae turned out to be an organelle.
Previously Unidentified Microbes Detected in Food
Sneha Khedkar | Oct 7, 2024 | 3 min read
A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human diet.