CRISPR system variant shows a novel DNA cleavage mechanism
Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, ...
Hospital Sink Drains are a Total Horror Show of Germs
From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...
The Edge Effect Exposed: How Graphene’s Secret Currents Could Transform Tech
In a groundbreaking study, researchers discovered how bilayer graphene could revolutionize data processing through ...
Greetings from the fourth dimension: Scientists glimpse 4D crystal structure using surface wave patterns
Prof. Dan Shechtman of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology made the discovery that would later earn him the 2011 ...
Scientists achieve electrical manipulation of spin filling sequence in bilayer graphene quantum dots
A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has demonstrated the ability to electrically manipulate the spin filling sequence in a bilayer graphene (BLG) quantum dot (QD).
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Putting the F in pharma
Adding fluorine to drug molecules can be tricky, but is often worthwhile. Rachel Brazil talks to the chemists trying to tame ...
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...