Chinese scientists have developed a novel AI-guided protein engineering strategy that enables faster, cost-effective, and highly accurate protein design. A group of scientists in China, led by Professor Caixia Gao from the Institute of Genetics…
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Game-Changing AI Tool Rewrites the Rules of Protein Engineering
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4595-4596: Just Another Beautiful Day on Mars
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
In today’s plan, we have a little bit of everything. With it being winter still, we are…
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Fiji ant plant builds tiny condos that stop ant wars
Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and antagonistic partners can form long-term mutualistic relationships with the same host.
Scientists studying ant plants in Fiji…
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Weight-loss wonder drug Mounjaro/Zepbound shrinks breast cancer tumors
The anti-obesity medication tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for obesity, reduced obesity-associated breast cancer growth in a mouse model, according to a study presented at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society’s annual…
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Ferrocene derivative breaks 18-electron rule with unique 20-electron structure and unusual redox chemistry
A new derivative of ferrocene has 20 valence electrons, challenging the longstanding rule that organometallic compounds can only have a maximum of 18. The researchers highlight that the ligand structure alters the redox properties of the complex,…
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“This Ancient Traveler Defies Time”: Unveiling the Mind-Blowing Interstellar Comet That’s 3 Billion Years Older Than Our Sun
IN A NUTSHELL - 🌌 Comet 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar object from beyond our solar system, believed to be over seven billion years old.
- 🧊 Discovered by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, the comet is rich in water ice,…
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FEMI helps predict IVF outcomes with greater accuracy
Trained using 18 million embryo images, this new powerful AI tool could replace invasive IVF testing, offering a faster, cheaper, and more accurate embryo selection.
Study: A foundational model for in vitro fertilization trained…
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Scientists Create the Impossible: New Compound Challenges Fundamental Principle of Chemistry
Once thought unlikely, this new finding in coordination chemistry could lead to promising advances in catalysis and materials science. For more than 100 years, the widely accepted 18-electron rule has been a foundational guideline in…
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Earth Is About To Have A Spectacular Meteor Shower, Courtesy Of 26-Kilometer-Wide Comet 109P
One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to commence, as comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle sends debris at Earth.
The Perseid meteor showers are the result of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, a 26-kilometer (16-mile) wide comet that takes 133 years to…
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Happy anniversary, Mariner 4! NASA probe got 1st-ever up-close look at Mars 60 years ago today
“That Mars is habitable by beings of some sort or other is as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be,” wrote Percival Lowell in the early 20th century.
While the theories of this well-heeled amateur astronomer might seem fanciful…
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