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    AI identifies gene interactions to speed up search for treatment targets

    How an AI overcomes data-scarcity to map gene networks, and assessing the impact of rocket noise on wildlife.

    nature podcast | 31 May 2023
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    ‘Almost magical’: chemists can now move single atoms in and out of a molecule’s core

    An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could accelerate drug discovery.

    news feature | 31 May 2023
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    The human brain’s characteristic wrinkles help to drive how it works

    A model of the brain’s geometry better explains neuronal activity than a model based on the ‘connectome’.

    news | 31 May 2023
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    This infinite tiling pattern could end a 60-year mathematical quest

    First truly single aperiodic tile discovered that can cover an infinite surface without repeating itself.

    news | 01 Jun 2023

• • “It’s a vote for hope”: first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy nears approval, but will it work?

    NEWS EXPLAINER | 02 JUN 2023

  • Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippo’ population is even bigger than scientists thought

    NEWS | 02 JUN 2023

  • The world’s first pollinating frog and more — May’s best science images

    NEWS | 02 JUN 2023

  • Epic voyage finds astonishing microbial diversity among coral reefs

    NEWS | 02 JUN 2023