Drug discovery is like molecular Tetris. Chemists snap atoms together, adjusting the pieces until everything fits, and suddenly, a molecule makes a promising new medicine. Normally, creating better molecules consumes huge amounts of time and…
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AI tool streamlines drug synthesis, dramatically reducing lab work and costs
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Global physical activity remains low despite two decades of guideline updates
The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include physical activity, UTHealth Houston researchers…
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Nanosecond light-by-light switching achieved in liquid crystal droplet
Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability would allow optical signals to be processed without converting them into electrical signals, potentially enabling faster…
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Hip Fractures Can Signal More Than a Broken Bone in the Elderly — Sometimes with Fatal Consequences
Learn more about why hip fractures can be so deadly for elderly patients.
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Baby Boomers Are a Transition Generation in Our Longevity Crisis
In the years since 2010, life expectancy in the United States has stagnated. From 2010 to 2019, longevity in our country has improved by only a few months compared to average gains of 1.78 years per decade in the half century preceding. It’s…
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Bronze Age cairn reveals clues to ancient monument construction
Archaeologists investigating a large prehistoric cairn near Simpevarp, Sweden, have uncovered new insights into a Bronze Age burial monument and the people who built it thousands of years ago.
The excavation, carried out over several weeks at the…
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OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit
More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees filed a statement Monday supporting Anthropic’s lawsuit against the U.S. Defense Department after the federal agency labeled the AI firm a supply-chain risk, according to court filings.
“The…
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How farming perennial plants can help us in times of climate change, food insecurity and social division
Climate change is threatening modern life in ways we are still finding, from food security to the economy to everyday living. It has been labeled a “threat multiplier” for its potential to complicate geopolitical relationships. Our efforts to…
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Robotic microfluidic platform brings AI to lipid nanoparticle design
AI has designed candidate drugs for antibiotic-resistant infections and genetic diseases. But efforts to incorporate AI into the design of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the revolutionary delivery vehicles behind mRNA therapies like the COVID-19…
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Unlocking the hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target
For years, a protein inside our cells has quietly powered billions of dollars’ worth of cancer drugs. Now a team of researchers have discovered that this workhorse protein, called cereblon, in addition to its known functions, can also fine-tune…
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