Digital Science

New laboratory techniques can identify which of our genes are influenced by DNA snippets that are left behind in our genetic code by viruses, a new study finds. Viruses have long been known to reproduce by using the genetic machinery of…
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<a target="_blank" title="Hand colored copper plate print, engraved by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtis' Flora Londinensis published between 1777 and 1798. This image of Primula vulgaris published on March 1,…
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Cellular membranes serve as an ideal example of a system that is multifunctional, tunable, precise and efficient. Efforts to mimic these biological wonders haven’t always been successful. However, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…
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The story of the lysosome is a classic smear campaign. Once dismissed as the garbage disposal of the cell—it does break down unneeded cell debris—it is now valued by scientists who realized all that dirty work also controls survival,…
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