Molecular dynamics simulations use atomistic force field to capture RNA folding with high accuracy

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...

The WIRED Guide to the Twin Cities for Business Travelers

The Twin Cities sit on opposing shores of the mighty Mississippi River—Minneapolis is big brother to smaller and sleepier St.

UMH pioneers a visual neuroprosthesis that communicates with the brain in real time, tested in two blind volunteers

Researchers at Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Spain have successfully tested a new generation of visual neuroprosthesis capable of bidirectional communication with the cerebral cortex, enabling ...
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‘To Do Truly Great Investigations, You Need to Uncover the Hidden Information’: Veteran Swedish Journalist on Using Large Datasets

Data editor Helena Bengtsson once asked the national statistics agency to cross-match a teachers database with another featuring court convictions. The findings led to a change in Swedish law.

Scientists map DNA folding at single base-pair resolution in living cells

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...
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Our brains are wired to learn computer code

Brain scans show that most of us have a built-in capacity to learn to code, rooted in the brain’s logic and reasoning ...
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Training microbes to speak the molecular code of healing

Intracellular living therapeutics convert cellular signals into coordinated healing programs Get small and look inside. I ...
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Ripe apples, grape harvests and fall colors along Hood River’s Fruit Loop

Back in 1962, Theresa Draper’s parents bought their 40-acre fruit farm, sight unseen. That’s how it was in the old days when buying out of state. They moved up from California and made a core business ...