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- A Shift from Animal Testing
There has been a push toward animal-free alternatives in scientific research. But the success of such alternatives hinges upon whether and where they can outperform standard animal models. By Celia Ford.
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38 min - Seeing Microbes from the Sky
Biotechnology needs more and better transducers. A column by Niko McCarty.
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14 min - The World’s Most Common Surgery
In 4,000 years, cataract surgery went from a crude procedure involving thorn instruments to a 20-minute operation with a 95 percent clinical success rate. The next step is broadening access. By Dr. Sangeetha Aravinda
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31 min - AI-Designed Phages
A new paper from Arc Institute shows that a generative AI model can be used to design viable bacteriophages. By Niko McCarty.
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19 min - What We Find in the Sewers
Our ancestors once spread their excess effluent on their fields; now we mine it for vital molecules. By Calum Drysdale.
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1 hr 1 min - Pausing Insect Activity
Seasonal dormancy features in the life cycle of many insects. We can harness it for biological control, insect farming, and disease vector management at scale. By Ulkar Aghayeva.
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42 min - The Weight of a Cell
A single yeast cell weighs about one million times less than a grain of sand. But how do we know this? By Niko McCarty.
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10 min - Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine
While we’ve derived useful molecules from the leech, live leech therapy has been largely marginalized in the West. It is time we reevaluate why. By Khushi Mittal & Xander Balwit.
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25 min - The Flower Designer
A plant biologist’s quest to design and create 1,000 unique flowers, mostly in his spare time. By Niko McCarty.
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13 min - The Sunlight Budget of Earth
Sunlight represents a seemingly endless source of largely untapped energy. Just how endless is it? Written by Sam Clamons.
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