Researchers successfully constructed a first-of-its-kind chemical oscillator that uses DNA components. DNA molecules that follow specific instructions could offer more precise molecular control of synthetic chemical systems, a discovery that …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 14, 2017
Hope for one of the world’s rarest primates: First census of Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey
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•A team of scientists recently completed the first-ever range-wide population census of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii) an endangered primate found only on the Zanzibar archipelago off the …read more Source:: Science
Effects of climate change could accelerate by mid-century
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•Environmental models are showing that the effects of climate change could be much stronger by the middle of the 21st century, and a number of ecosystem and weather conditions could …read more Source:: Science
Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects
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•While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges. Engineers have recently been experimenting with a new …read more Source:: Science
Artificial intelligence, NASA data used to discover eighth planet circling distant star
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•Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light …read more Source:: Science
Spaghetti-like, DNA ‘noodle origami’ the new shape of things to come for nanotechnology
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•Scientists have invented a major new advance in DNA nanotechnology. Dubbed ‘single-stranded origami,’ their new strategy uses one long, thin noodle-like strand of DNA, or its chemical cousin RNA, that …read more Source:: Science