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US President Donald Trump announced the formation of a committee to develop a regulatory framework for digital assets, led by David Sacks. The executive order aims to advance America's crypto ...

RNA (ribonucleic acid) is a nucleic acid polymer where the carbohydrate is ribose. RNA is generally single-stranded, as DNA is transcribed by RNA polymerases into mRNA (messenger RNA), which is ...

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow ...

Bioinformatics allowed me to address these questions faster and with a broader perspective. The growing availability of public data facilitated this. However, the transition wasn’t easy. I tried many ...

Nature asked the world’s largest health-research funders what they are doing to study a life stage experienced by half of humanity. Here is what some of them told us.

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

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