In this important work, the authors present a new transformer-based neural network designed to isolate and quantify higher-order epistasis in protein sequences. They provide solid evidence that higher ...

Short peptides can self-assemble into net-like structures that kill bacteria. Now, researchers have discovered how to control ...

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus. From protozoa to human beings, all have the same basic biological mechanism for building, maintaining, and propagating their form of life: a ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

Novels need a gripping story to stay popular as the decades pass, but it seems that other less-obvious factors may also ...

By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a ...

Researchers in McGill's Department of Physics have developed a new device that can trap and study DNA molecules without touching or damaging them. The device, which uses carefully tuned electric ...

The AP Top 25 Poll may not matter as much as it used to, but it still plays a vital role in establishing narratives and perception around certain teams until the first College Football Playoff ...

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