Sun and agricultural waste is using to control pests
Farmers spend a lot of time and money controlling weeds and other pests, and often have to turn to chemical fumigants to keep the most destructive…
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Understanding metabolic processes through machine learning
The researchers make use of various enzyme properties to predict kinetic parameters through machine learning. This allows the improvement of…
Microscopic devices that control vibrations could allow smaller mobile devices
A phononic device next to a dime for scale. Credit: Caltech
To make modern communications possible, today’s mobile devices make use of components…
New techniques better determine how ancient viral DNA influences human genes
New laboratory techniques can identify which of our genes are influenced by DNA snippets that are left behind in our genetic code by viruses, a…
Mysteries of the primrose unraveled
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Carbon nanotubes mime biology
Cellular membranes serve as an ideal example of a system that is multifunctional, tunable, precise and efficient.
Efforts to mimic these…
Researchers use DNA nanomachines to discover subgroups of lysosomes
The story of the lysosome is a classic smear campaign. Once dismissed as the garbage disposal of the cell—it does break down unneeded cell…