Nature News
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Computer gleans chemical insight from lab notebook failures
Machine-learning approach mines unpublished ‘dark’ reactions that don’t work, as well as ones that do.
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Stem-cell plan aims to bring rhino back from brink of extinction
Ambitious effort depends on transformation of rhino tissue into sperm and egg cells.
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How the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s life
The microbiologist spent years moving labs and relishing solitude. Then her work on gene-editing thrust her into the scientific spotlight.
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Plant protein behaves like a prion
Molecule that controls flowering time misfolds when expressed in yeast.
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Monkey teeth tell tale of ancient migration
Fossils found in the Panama Canal are the oldest evidence of monkeys in North America.
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Synthetic biology tackles global antivenom shortage
Lab-made antibodies could produce high-volume, high-quality snakebite treatments.
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Mysterious antidepressant target reveals its shape
But questions about the role of brain chemistry in depression may prevent the findings from spurring drug development.
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A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind
Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.
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Zika highlights role of controversial fetal-tissue research
Fetal tissue may prove crucial to probing link between virus and birth defects.