Enzymes are the engines of life—machine learning could help scientists design new ones
Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the ...
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Atomicwork gets backing from Khosla for its AI alternative to old-school IT software like ServiceNow
The emergence of AI has brought some relief. Yet, enabling a chatbot-like experience often demands an incumbent enterprise system behind the scenes. It could be ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, or Jira ...
Harvard Medical School22d
Regulatory T Cells Found To Safeguard Brain Health, Memory Formation
Harvard Medical School research reveals highly specialized regulatory T cells that curb inflammation and act as gatekeepers to protect the inner regions of the brain. The work, which was done in mice, ...
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‘I’m just really concerned’: Mass. moves to ban cellphones in schools amid social media harm to kids
like during school or at night,” the Meta spokesperson said. Representatives for TikTok and X, formerly Twitter, did not respond to separate requests for comment. Already, at least eight states ...
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AG releases school cell phone recommendations, including ‘bell-to-bell’ bans
The toolkit’s introduction reports that 72% of high school teachers cite cell phone use as a “major ... Follow Boston.com on Twitter (Opens in a New Tab) Like Boston.com on Facebook (Opens ...
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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning ... “It smells like feet, cheese and rotten meat.
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Kristaps Porzingis offers a feline analogy regarding the Celtics’ killer instinct as reigning champs
The Celtics played like a lion when it mattered most during Saturday’s 2024 NBA Finals rematch with the Mavericks. But according to Kristaps Porzingis, Boston has played more like a ‘house cat ...
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Listen: Rethinking the analogy that a Hindustani music performance is like a conversation
However, this does not happen often as the soloist frequently has preconceived notions about the nature of the conversation that he or she would like ... afresh about drawing an analogy between ...
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‘Very important step’: Chinese scientists turn E coli into a photosynthetic life form
It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation26d
Putricia the putrid corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Garden basks in internet fame
One young boy, with his T-shirt delicately pulled over his nose, reported the plant smelled like "rotten eggs". "And poo," his brother said. Others said it smelled like "chicken you've left out a ...
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Hochul wants to ban cellphones (and smartwatches) from schools. Here’s what families should know.
Kathy Hochul’s proposal to limit student access to cellphones during the school day would require all ... associated with cellphone restrictions, like paying for storage or digital locking ...