A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography may pave the way for lab-based production of rare coral compounds called diterpenoids that show promise in treating cancer and ...

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Scientists at the University of Hong Kong in China are experimenting with 3D-printing functional organ tissue, a step towards ...

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Ant genomes reveal how social insects evolved cooperation, preserved caste genes, and rewired chromosomes over 100 million ...

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