An international team has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. …read more Source:: Science
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Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
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•A new type of hydrogel material could soon make assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as putting together a LEGO set. …read more Source:: Science
New Google project offers Kubernetes building blocks for CI/CD
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•By Paul Krill Cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes promise to be a hedge against cloud lock-in. A new open-source project, Tekton, offers a Kubernetes-native framework for quickly building CI/CD …read more Source:: OpenSource
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space?
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•All living beings need cells and energy to replicate. Without these fundamental building blocks, living organisms could not exist. Little was known about a key element in the building blocks, …read more Source:: Science
Found: A destructive mechanism that blocks the brain from knowing when to stop eating
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•Researchers have uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known phenomenon associated with obesity: leptin resistance. They found that mice fed a high-fat diet produce an …read more Source:: Science
Scientists create ‘genetic atlas’ of proteins in human blood
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•An international team of researchers has created the first detailed genetic map of human proteins, the key building blocks of biology. These discoveries promise to enhance our understanding of a …read more Source:: Science
Double-drug strategy blocks escape route for most lung cancers
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•A one-two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be an effective treatment for the majority of lung cancers, a study shows. …read more Source:: Science
Chemical sleuthing unravels possible path to forming life’s building blocks in space
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•Scientists have used experiments to retrace the chemical steps leading to the creation of complex hydrocarbons in space. They showed pathways to forming 2-D carbon-based nanostructures in a mix of …read more Source:: Science
Unconventional superconductor may be used to create quantum computers of the future
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•With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they only occur under very special …read more Source:: Science
Life’s building blocks observed in spacelike environment
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•Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and …read more Source:: Science