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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Whole-genome duplication (WGD) has been identified as a key mechanism in long-term adaptation and evolution. In a study using "snowflake" yeast, WGD was found to ...

The technology described uses a nanomechanical platform and tiny cantilevers to detect multiple HIV antigens at high sensitivity in a matter of minutes. These silicon cantilevers are cheap and easy to ...

They pushed a debunked idea that Covid-19 can be traced to a market selling wild animals in the Chinese city of Wuhan while ...

A team of Northwestern University scientists spanning disciplines have developed new technology that could lead to the ...

How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers address the classic 'nature versus nurture' question. The research demonstrates that the ...

a former Ph.D. student in Ratcliff's lab who is now a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University. Their paper, " Genome duplication in a long-term multicellularity evolution experiment," was published ...

Researchers have developed novel lymph-node-inspired hydrogels that significantly enhance the activation, gene expression, ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced Singapore-based Jasmine Eyal as winner of the 10th annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global science video competition designed to inspire ...

When a severe winter struck Wyoming’s Red Desert in December 2022, one pronghorn doe made a desperate escape attempt, trudging 240 miles through a snowbound wasteland.