Picture two ancient apes in a lush African forest, gently pressing their mouths together, not for romance, but as a primal bond. Fast forward 21 milli.

Abstract: Depression is a common emotional disorder in modern society that causes growing burdens globally. This mental disorder has been frequently confirmed to be closely related to abnormalities in ...

Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production in future plants, according to a new stud ...

In this issue of PNAS, Gao et al. (1) probe the limits of Bayesian phylodynamic inference, a statistical framework that has revolutionized the study of pathogen evolution and epidemic spread. By ...

Tesla is shifting its focus toward autonomous driving in line with its long-term aims. Losing the Model S and Model X won't materially impact sales. Autonomous vehicles are the future of the EV ...

When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

Tyra Banks has been on top. For decades, she’s represented what it looks like to break through an industry where Black women have long been underrepresented. She’s one of the few Black models to ever ...

In a recent study published in Nature Genetics, a group of researchers advanced variant effect prediction across the human proteome by integrating deep evolutionary signals with human population ...

Missense variants remain a challenge in genetic interpretation due to their subtle and context-dependent effects. While current prediction models perform well in known disease genes, generalizability ...

Heavy machinery is entering a new phase where hydraulics, electronics and embedded software are engineered as one integrated system. Using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) as a framework to ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns ...