We might not know half of what's in our cells, new AI technique reveals
Artificial intelligence-based technique reveals previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Enhancing the workhorse: Artificial intelligence, hardware innovations boost confocal microscope's performance
To push confocal imaging to an unprecedented level of performance, researchers have invented a 'kitchen sink' confocal platform that borrows solutions from other high-powered imaging systems, adds a unifying thread of Deep Learning artificial intelligence algorithms, and successfully improves the confocal's volumetric resolution by more than 10-fold while simultaneously reducing phototoxicity.
Nov 24th, 2021
Read moreDesigning microbe factories for sustainable chemicals
Machine learning, Bayesian inference, and metabolic modeling help design biofuel-producing yeast.
Nov 20th, 2021
Read moreNovel artificial genomic DNA can replicate and evolve outside the cell
Scientists have successfully induced gene expression from a DNA, characteristic of all life, and evolution through continuous replication extracellularly using cell-free materials alone, such as nucleic acids and proteins for the first time.
Nov 19th, 2021
Read moreResearchers develop method for early detection of bacterial infection in crops
Novel Raman Spectroscopy-based method enables early detection and quantification of pathogens in plants, which can impact plant disease management and agricultural industry.
Nov 18th, 2021
Read moreArtificial intelligence successfully predicts protein interactions
The study identified more than 100 probable protein complexes for the first time and provided structural models for more than 700 previously uncharacterized ones. Insights into the ways pairs or groups of proteins fit together to carry out cellular processes could lead to a wealth of new drug targets.
Nov 17th, 2021
Read moreSynthetic biology yields easy-to-use underwater adhesives
Scientists have developed a method that uses engineered microbes to produce the necessary ingredients for a biocompatible adhesive hydrogel that is as strong as spider silk and as adhesive as mussel foot protein (Mfp), which means it can stick to a myriad.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreThe Sorting Hat: An AI-powered image classifier for cell biologists
Scientists designed and evaluated the performance of deep learning models with a user-friendly interface for biological image classification.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreThis light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis
The new molecule can improve the yield of reactions for generating pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreMechanically coupled enzymes have higher catalytic efficiency
Enzymes can benefit from cooperation and avoid the activation energy required for individual enzymes. This way, two enzymes can work hand-in-hand to achieve an overall faster turnover of a chemical reaction.
Nov 15th, 2021
Read moreBuilding bacteria to keep us well
Researchers have genetically engineered bacteria that can monitor chemical production from inside a person's gut and fix any imbalances.
Nov 12th, 2021
Read moreCheers! Scientists have developed gene-edited barley that could better your beer
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists develop and study gene-edited barley that resists pre-harvest sprouting.
Nov 12th, 2021
Read moreAI helps design the perfect chickpea
A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the 'ultimate' chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent.
Nov 12th, 2021
Read moreStudy encourages cautious approach to CRISPR therapeutics
A comprehensive study has shown that gene editing, specifically gene knockout (KO), with CRISPR-Cas9 can favor cells with mutated forms of genes linked to cancer. The findings highlight the need to monitor patients undergoing CRISPR-Cas9-based gene therapy for cancer-related mutations.
Nov 11th, 2021
Read moreTeaching fungi how to write
Spalted wood is a highly sought-after material in the high-end furniture industry. In a newly developed process, scientists have succeeded at controlling the spread of fungi in native wood types to create elaborate marblewood pictures - and even taught the fungi to write some words.
Nov 11th, 2021
Read moreResearchers develop CRISPR-based rapid diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV-2
SENSR, the latest innovation addressing COVID-19, adds to the toolkit of quick-turnaround diagnostics needed for future pandemics.
Nov 8th, 2021
Read moreStem cells from the bioreactor
With the aid of artificial stem cells, it will soon be possible to establish new treatments for previously incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are developing a process for the mass production of these so called induced pluripotent stem cells.
Nov 3rd, 2021
Read moreOrganoids: The future of disease modelling?
Organoid technologies have become a powerful emerging tool to model liver diseases, for drug screening, and for personalized treatments. Researchers have generated and characterized the hepatic organoid culture system using human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) as an intermediate.
Nov 1st, 2021
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