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A new study swapped DNA letters inside mitochondria, paving the way for new gene therapies. The post Scientists Target Incurable Mitochondrial Diseases With New Gene Editing Tools appeared first on SingularityHub.

A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various creatures to navigate, operate at or near the quantum limit. In their paper published in the journa...

Ninety percent of drugs fail clinical trials. Can AI help? The post Will AI Revolutionize Drug Development? These Are the Root Causes of Drug Failure It Must Address appeared first on SingularityHub.

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere - but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect

A research team at POSTECH has developed a novel multidimensional sampling theory to overcome the limitations of flat optics. Their study not only identifies the constraints of conventional sampling theories in metasurfa...

What was once the floor of an ancient ocean is still shaping the landscape between Arabia and Eurasia.

The non-profit Arctic Ice Project was experimenting with using silica beads to slow ice melt in the Arctic, but tests showed the plan posed risks to the food chain

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe -- chances are, there's life out there somewhere.

Retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed his kidney cancer diagnosis on a recent podcast episode. Here's what to know about the disease.

Two canyons that splay out from a vast asteroid crater on the moon may have been quickly formed by chains of impacts that followed the initial one

A new understanding of our relationship with our "friendly" gut microbes shows they actually have a dark side and help cause ageing. Here's how to fight back

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all Earth's power stations, ...

Foams are an essential component of many different drinks and foods: from a frothy head of beer to coffee crema, bread and ice cream. Despite their ubiquity, little is actually known or understood about these highly comp...

Many countries have made it illegal to possess nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, and research now shows the drug can be picked up in someone's breath

A team of physicists affiliated with multiple institutions in China has measured a pulse of light in 37 dimensions. In their paper published in Science Advances, the group explains that their experiment was meant to demo...

Rat populations are growing in cities around the world because of climate change. A new study explains why this is happening now and what we can do about it.

Emmy Noether was hailed as a mathematical genius in her own time. And her theorem on symmetry is still driving new discoveries in particle physics and quantum computing today

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.'

A collaboration between Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, hosted by Stockholm University, KTH and Google Quantum AI explores how gravitational fields influence quantum computing hardware, laying the ...

A new artificial neuron that spikes like human brain cells could be used to process data at ultrafast speeds.

Physicists have performed a simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the universe.

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three people.