Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Botanists have returned Hebe back to the genus Veronica

Some decades ago, when I began gardening seriously, I’m sure that the first Hebe shrubs I acquired had the name Veronica.
Smithsonian Magazine

DNA Reveals the Identity of a Teenager Who Died in the Revolutionary War, Cracking a Nearly 250-Year-Old Cold Case

John Pumphrey was still a boy when he enlisted in the Continental Army in 1777. After archaeologists discovered his remains, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Kazakhstan’s Iron Age ‘Golden Man’ and Other Elite Scythians of Eurasia Inherited Their High Social Status, Ancient DNA Suggests

Researchers have long wondered whether upper-class members of the ancient nomadic warriors earned their social status through ...

Epigenetic mapping provides deeper insight into leukemia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Kyoto University in Japan have identified new subgroups of the blood ...
Technology Networks

Deep Learning for Variant Calling: How DeepVariant and Neural Networks Are Improving Genomic Accuracy

Deep learning variant calling has transformed genomic accuracy. Discover how DeepVariant works, outperforms classical tools, ...

Fishing for DNA: How a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...

Scientists enable DNA synthesis using only temperature instead of chemical reagents

"Complex chemical processes are essential for making DNA." This long-held assumption in the field of biotechnology has been ...

What Is 'Tanmaxxing'? The Viral Trend Doctors Say Could Raise Your Skin Cancer Risk

The 'tanmaxxing' trend, popular among Gen Z, promotes intentional tanning despite health warnings. Dermatologists stress that tanning increases skin cancer risk and accelerates skin ageing.
IEEE

Multimodal Fusion Mamba Network for Joint Land Cover Classification Using Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data

Abstract: With the rapid advancement of deep learning technologies, the use of computers for processing and analyzing multimodal remote sensing data has attracted significant attention. Joint land ...
Cancer Research

Circulating Cell-Free DNA Methylation Profiling Enables Detection, Distinction, and Estrogen Receptor Status Classification of Advanced Breast Cancer

Tissue-anchored cell-free DNA methylation signatures enable minimally invasive detection, cancer-type distinction, and estrogen receptor classification in metastatic breast cancer, offering an ...