Programmable RNA Editing Offers a Reversible Alternative
Editing RNA instead of DNA promises change without permanence. The approach tweaks genetic messages temporarily, avoiding irreversible edits to the...
Month: July 2026
The Event Horizon Telescope Images Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Astronomers pictured the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The 2022 image of Sagittarius A* showed...
Carbon-Capture Cement Tackles a Stubborn Emitter
Making cement emits enormous carbon; new chemistry aims to cut it. Approaches capture or embed carbon dioxide in the material...
Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Children
A gene therapy let deaf children hear for the first time. The treatment delivers a working copy of a faulty...
Reinforcement Learning Masters Real-Time Strategy Games
AI conquered a complex real-time strategy game once thought beyond reach. In 2019 a system reached elite human level at...
Cultivated Seafood Grows From Fish Cells
Fish and shellfish can be grown from cells without the ocean. Cultivated seafood aims to supply protein while easing pressure...
The Higgs Boson Enters an Era of Precision
A decade after its discovery, the Higgs boson is being measured with growing precision. Physicists probe how it interacts with...
Xenobots: Living Robots Built From Frog Cells
Scientists assembled tiny living machines from biological cells. Xenobots, built from frog stem cells and designed with algorithms, can move...
Genome-Wide Association Studies Scale to Millions
Studies linking DNA to traits have grown to enormous size. Genome-wide association studies now scan millions of people to find...
Toolformer Teaches Models to Use External Tools
Language models learned to call calculators, search, and other tools on their own. A 2023 method let a model teach...
