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Genetic-engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants
Once that was done, the researchers started looking through the genomes of species that have…
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Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics
Most of the polymers incorporated a fair amount of lactic acid, which can also form…
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Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Once his team nailed how droplets become electrically charged and how the micro-lightning phenomenon works,…
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AI used to design a multi-step enzyme that can digest some plastics
And it worked. Repeating the same process with an added PLACER screening step boosted the…
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Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins
Since these two toxicities work through entirely different mechanisms, the researchers tackled them separately. Blocking…