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By studying how the cell repairs DNA damage, researchers have developed a new technology to edit large DNA fragments in bacteria cells.

In recent years, generative AI tools have been incorporated in everything from search engines to email assistants – potentially opening the door to cyberattacks.

A new artificial intelligence tool has been developed to find better sources and identify unhelpful references.

Knowing the type of brain tumor can help determine how aggressive the surgeon should be in removing it. A new study has created a procedure using machine learning and DNA sequencing to quickly classify tumors and guide the surgery while it is happening.

A group of researchers from Shanghai built a customizable circuit that operates entirely with DNA, a groundbreaking step towards general-purpose DNA computing.

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by Nathan Druckerfigures by Daeun Jeong As the U.S. recovers from the pandemic and shores up its environmental defenses from a rapidly changing climate, federal money is being spent like never before. Simultaneously, the exceedingly competitive global…

Researchers at MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard are working on developing a universal flu vaccine.

Researchers have developed a fast, cheap, and quantitative antibody test to allow us to understand how COVID-19 affects our immune response.

by Christopher Rota figures by Hannah Zucker When the first Apollo program astronauts set foot on the Moon in 1969, their footsteps inspired a generation.  This opened a new realm of possibility for what humans can achieve with the necessary motivation…