A study shows that social interactions in the nursery have a huge impact on babies’ microbiome development and may facilitate ...

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It uses a system called simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES). This translates chemical 3D structures into ...

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.

Semiconductor chips that process light rather than electricity could boost processing speeds and reduce energy use.

Hackathons using AlphaGenome and other AI models are hunting down the genetic causes of devastating conditions that have ...

Bacteria can be turned into living factories that churn out complex molecules using reactions catalysed by light 1.

About 55% of the human lifespan is heritable, meaning that more than half of the observed variation in longevity across a ...

Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.

The data were collected from people about to have surgery. They show that as anaesthesia takes hold, the interplay between ...

The external, artificial-lung system could be used to treat other people who are critically unwell and awaiting transplants.

The preprint repository’s requirement could boost the use of large language models to translate scientific texts.