High uric acid can make the body feel heavy, tired, and inflamed. Many people link it only with joint pain, but it also affects energy, sleep, and day-to-day comfort. The good news is that small, ...

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted protein engineering are enabling breakthroughs in the life sciences but also introduce new biosecurity challenges. Synthesis of nucleic acids is a ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

What’s new in the biotech world? In this listicle, we highlight recent product launches, partnerships and company events ranging in topic from efficient nucleic acid purification and PCR for beverage ...

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...

In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook DeepSeek has unveiled DeepSeek-OCR: Contexts Optical Compression, an open-source model developed ...

Amino acids have long been known to improve the stability and solubility of proteins. Amino acids might be added to insulin, for example, to maintain shelf-life and stop undesired chemical reactions ...

CRISPR has the power to correct genetic mutations, but current delivery methods are either unsafe or inefficient, keeping the technology from reaching its full medical potential. With the power to ...