1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (55+ words) In the workshops of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, artisans have been casting exquisite metal sculptures for more than fourteen centuries, using techniques passed down through generations of Newari craftsmen. Now, a team of researchers has brought modern statistical optimization into this…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (848+ words) Arena Bioengineer.org A patient’s blunt description of homeless shelters as “gladiator shelters” — places where men must fight for a mattress — has become the center of a newly published narrative medicine piece that is prompting clinicians…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (17+ words) Quality Across Environments Bioengineer.org Subject of Research: Agriculture...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) For centuries, the narwhal’s long, ivory-colored tusk was treated as evidence of magic. In medieval Europe, these extraordinary teeth were sold as unicorn horns and were believed to neutralize poison, cure disease, and possess supernatural powers. Modern science has removed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1087+ words) Decoding Sumatra’s “King of the River”: First Complete Mitogenome of the Enigmatic Mahseer Traces an Ancient Maternal Line Through Sunken Worlds Deep in the fast-flowing headwaters of northern Sumatra glides a fish that local communities have revered for generations as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (54+ words) Pepper plants may be hiding some of their most consequential genetic variation in regions long treated as difficult, repetitive stretches of DNA. A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that ultra-long haplotypes surrounding pepper centromeres can extend across tens…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1000+ words) Bioengineer.org...