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The CRISPR craze: genome editing technologies poised to revolutionize medicine and industry

Phosphorene could lead to ultrathin solar cells

How to make it using simple sticky tape; peeling off layers changes its properties

3D-printing basic electronic components

Just hit “print” to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of your own home

Common chemicals may act together to increase cancer risk, international study finds

Deep Genomics launches, uniting deep learning and genome biology

University of Toronto spinoff aims to transform genetic testing, pharmaceutical development, and personalized medicine

Korean researchers grow wafer-scale graphene on a silicon substrate

A key step toward using graphene in commercial silicon microelectronics

Deep neural network program recognizes sketches more accurately than a human

Metal foams found to excel in shielding X-rays, gamma rays, neutron radiation

May lead to better shielding for nuclear reactors and space travel

Russian billionaire, Hawking announce $100 million search for ET

Brain-inspired algorithms may make for optimized computational networks

Quantifying the rates of synapse pruning in the mammalian neocortex led to new algorithms for constructing adaptive and robust computational networks across several domains

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