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AI Meets Nature: Massive Study Maps Biomimetic Research and Exposes a Surprising Energy Gap
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (660+ words) A bibliometric analysis of nearly 10,000 publications shows that AI-driven biomimetics is thriving in robotics and computing while energy applications remain strikingly underexplored....
Two Giant Flying Squirrels, One Island, Two Very Different Genetic Journeys
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (719+ words) Genomic analysis of two closely related giant flying squirrel species in Taiwan reveals that both show north-south genetic divergence shaped by the island's geography, but their vastly different demographic histories, driven by differing elevational ranges and historical habitat sizes, produced…...
Plant Cell Walls Hold Firm Under Everest-Level Low Pressure, Study Finds
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (65+ words) New research shows that Arabidopsis cell wall matrix polysaccharides remain biochemically unchanged under hypobaric pressures as low as 33 kilopascals, despite growth reductions and stress-related gene expression. Subject of Research: The biochemical resilience of plant cell wall matrix polysaccharides under hypobaric…...
Bacteria use collisions to navigate crowded environments
19+ hour, 4+ min ago (552+ words) Credit: 2026 EPFL/Laure Le Blanc “Whether in fish schools, bird flocks or human crowds, moving as a group can offer safety and efficiency, but it can also lead to congestion and jamming,” says Alexandre Persat, Professor at EPFL. “How individuals…...
Superbug Strains Carrying Two Carbapenemase Genes Triple Death Risk in ICU Patients
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (516+ words) One of the most feared drug-resistant bacteria in the world has just become more dangerous still....
Streamlining genotyping workflows for muscle-bone research
17+ hour, 32+ min ago (13+ words) Labroots Streamlining genotyping workflows for muscle-bone research...
Scientists use AI and nanotechnology to detect signs of life in space
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (1091+ words) Gold nanogaps and AI distinguish mirror-image amino acids, offering a possible route to compact instruments for the search for life. (CREDIT: The Brighter Side of News) A molecule’s shape can carry information that its chemical formula does not. Two amino…...
Bacteria regulate collective behaviour by mechanosensing cell–cell collisions
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1570+ words) Nature Microbiology (2026) Cite this article Designs were generated using Klayout software and comprised 21 motifs arranged in three rows within a 40 × 22 mm area, corresponding to a standard coverslip size. Each motif featured a central inlet (diameter ~4 mm) connected radially to ~50 maze-like…...
Shotgun genetic engineering lets mammalian cells test millions of designs at once
13+ hour, 58+ min ago (515+ words) Researchers have developed shotgun genetic engineering, a multiplexed strategy that screens millions of combinatorial genetic designs in mammalian cells within a single experiment....
Flexible Electrode Arrays Track the Same Brain Cells for Months as Their Codes Keep Shifting
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (620+ words) Harvard researchers used tissue-like flexible electrode arrays to track the same mouse neurons for five months and showed that geometric realignment of drifting neural population dynamics keeps decoders accurate over time....