New report outlines science priorities for human Mars exploration

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Decoding the chemistry of life: Maximum entropy reveals how mutations alter enzymes and drive drug resistance

For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...
Nature

This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish

Detectives often find important clues by digging through rubbish. That approach paid off tremendously for systems biologist Yifat Merbl. When she and her team investigated cellular recycling centres ...
Scientific American

Are We Seeing the First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?

Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine their own software. The question is whether that self-improvement can ...