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A modified tRNA therapy bypassed premature genetic stop signals and restored working proteins in cystic fibrosis disease models.
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A quantum watch uses interference in excited helium atoms to measure elapsed time without counting from a defined starting point.
DiscoveriesQuantum interference offers a radically different way to measure timeJoseph Shavit
Resurrected lactoferricin peptides show how a few amino-acid changes transformed an ancient immune defense.
HealthScientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolveRebecca Shavit
Mercury may contain far less silicon dioxide than thought, offering new clues to its volcanic past and intensely hot interior.
SpaceMercury’s surface chemistry reveals clues to a much hotter volcanic pastJoseph Shavit
Malva searches RNA across millions of cells in seconds, exposing mutations, pathogens and isoforms hidden in massive biological datasets.
HealthNew ‘Google-like’ search engine can scan millions of cells for hidden RNA clues in secondsJoseph Shavit
Astronomers estimate 40 quintillion stellar black holes fill the observable universe and hold nearly 1% of ordinary matter.
SpaceThe universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holesJoseph Shavit
Coconut oil biofuel ran in a turbojet with comparable efficiency while cutting hydrocarbon emissions in blends with Jet A-1.
Green ImpactCoconut oil could offer airlines another path toward alternative jet fuelJoshua Shavit
Milky Way simulations show stellar streams can develop dark matter-like gaps and kinks without encounters with dark matter clumps.
SpaceScientists narrow the search for dark matter using new galaxy simulationsJoseph Shavit
A proposed matter-antimatter experiment could test whether information has measurable energy and mass within elementary particles.
DiscoveriesCould information be a fifth form of matter? Strange matter-antimatter experiment aims to find outJoseph Shavit
Penn State researchers found hidden differences in white light can change how people feel indoor temperatures.
DiscoveriesHidden wavelengths in white light can change how warm a room feelsJoshua Shavit
Tarragoilus diuturnus (a living member of the Prophalangopsidae) displaying call oscillogram and acoustic spectral energy.
DiscoveriesFossil insect wings reveal a Jurassic world already buzzing with ultrasound communicationRebecca Shavit
Smiles activated a distinct canine brain network, while fear produced patterns different from other negative expressions.
DiscoveriesBrain scans reveal what dogs see when they look at a human faceHannah Shavit-Weiner
An artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a planet-forming disk, with powerful winds blasting gas from the emerging planetary system.
SpaceJWST reveals how young solar systems may lose the gas needed to build planetsJoshua Shavit
Scientists mapped 1.55 million cubic meters of hidden ice beneath Utah’s Timpanogos Rock Glacier using gravity measurements.
Green ImpactRock glaciers worldwide may hold about 48 gigatons of waterJoseph Shavit
Simulations suggest water and rocky worlds may have appeared within 300 million years of the Big Bang, opening an earlier window for life.
SpaceLife in the universe may have formed less than 300 million years after the Big BangJoseph Shavit
Fossil teeth from Egypt reveal seven shark species that hunted in a nutrient-rich tropical sea during the Late Cretaceous.
Discoveries‘Shark graveyard’ in Egypt’s Western Desert reveals a lost tropical sea from the age of the dinosaursHannah Shavit-Weiner
Reconstruction of Purussaurus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus.
DiscoveriesGiant crocodylians may have ruled South America’s food chain 12 million years agoJoshua Shavit