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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Trouble with Reference Rot
The scholarly literature is meant to be a permanent record of science.
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Nih Reiterates Ban on Editing Human Embryo Dna
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reaffirmed its ban on research that involves gene editing of human embryos. In a statement released on 29 April,...
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Mercury Mission Set to End with Dramatic Crash
On 30 April, after more than four years in orbit around Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER probe will plunge to its doom.
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Ethics of Embryo Editing Paper Divides Scientists
In the wake of the first ever report that scientists have edited the genomes of human embryos, experts cannot agree on whether the work was ethical. They also disagree...
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3D Simulations of Colliding Black Holes Hailed As Most Realistic Yet
When astronomers try to simulate colliding giant black holes, they usually rely on simplified approximations to model the swirling disks of matter that surround...
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Top 10 Hubble Images
As the famous telescope turns 25, scientists who worked on the project choose their favourite pictures.
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Rule Rewrite Aims to Clean Up Scientific Software
The finding seemed counterintuitive: warming in North America was driving plant species to lower elevations—not towards higher, cooler climes, as ecologists had...
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The Printed Organs Coming to a Body Near You
The advent of three-dimensional (3D) printing has generated a swell of interest in artificial organs meant to replace, or even enhance, human machinery.
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Mystery of Ceres' Bright Spots Grows
Not all of the puzzling bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are alike.
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Puzzle of Moon's Origin Resolved
A nagging problem at the heart of the leading theory of how the Moon formed seems to have been explained away.
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Large Hadron Collider Restarts
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has kicked off its second run, as protons circulated in the machine after a two-year break.
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Mini Enzyme Moves Gene Editing Closer to the Clinic
A tweak to a technique that edits DNA with pinpoint precision has boosted its ability to correct defective genes in people.
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Neuron Encyclopaedia Fires p to Reveal Brain Secrets
An ambitious plan is afoot to build the world's largest public catalogue of neuronal structures.
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Extreme Cryptography Paves Way to Personalized Medicine
The dream for tomorrow's medicine is to understand the links between DNA and disease—and to tailor therapies accordingly.
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k Mapped Out By Genetic Ancestry
Researchers have found genetic signatures among Britons that betray their historical roots in particular locales of the United Kingdom, leading to the finest-scale...
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Mercury Seen As Never Before
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is set to plunge to its doom on 30 April, ending nearly four years of exploration of Mercury. Before it goes, the mission is sending...
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Five Solar System Sights Nasa Should Visit
It's show time for NASA's planetary programme.
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Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine
Synthesizing complex molecules is a notoriously fiendish art—and a daily toil for many chemists.
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Dna Mutation Clock Proves Tough to Set
Mathematicians keep refining π even though they know it to more than 12 trillion digits; physicists beat themselves up because they cannot pin down the gravitational...
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