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Monk Fruit Under the Microscope: What Makes It Tick
Monk fruit is usually talked about as a sugar substitute, and that is fair. That is how most people encounter it. The plant, known as Luo Han Guo (Siraitia grosvenorii), comes from southern China and belongs to the same family as squash and cucumbers. It has been used there for a long time, mostly in
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Illumina and Big Pharma Collaborate on Massive Cell Atlas for AI Models
Illumina has unveiled what it calls the largest genome-wide genetic perturbation dataset ever created, aimed at boosting AI-driven drug discovery across the pharmaceutical industry. The new Billion Cell Atlas represents the first phase of a planned five-billion-cell resource that the company expects to complete over the next three years. Illumina says the project will eventually
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New Immune Map Offers Hope for Multiple Myeloma Patients
Scientists are mapping immune cells in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma patients. You could say it’s a way to see how the immune system interacts with cancer cells. It might also help doctors figure out how aggressive the cancer is and guide new immune-based therapies. The study, in Nature Cancer, involved teams from WashU
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The $15 Billion Risk in the Solar Industry
Solar panels are helping fight climate change, no doubt about it. But there’s a hidden issue. Most panels are basically made to be thrown away. By 2050, we could see as much as 250 million metric tons of solar waste. That’s from panels installed in the 2000s and 2010s reaching the end of their life.
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Thinking About AI: Why Verbs Matter More Than You Realize
We say “think,” “know,” “understand,” and “remember” all the time. That is how we describe human minds. But when we use these words for AI, things get tricky. Machines start sounding human. They are not. Not even close. Jo Mackiewicz from Iowa State explained it simply. “We use mental verbs all the time, so it
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From Waste to Wealth: UC Riverside’s Biomass Breakthrough
Researchers at UC Riverside have built a pilot facility that can turn forestry and farm waste into high-value pulp. They say it could let growers and forest managers make money from materials that normally cost a lot to get rid of. “This process is cleaner and uses less energy than the old methods,” said Charles
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Africa’s EV Opportunity: The Market the World Is Overlooking
Vehicle numbers in Africa are set to double by 2050. That is faster than anywhere else in the world. The real question is not if mobility will grow but how it will happen. A new study from ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute suggests electric vehicles may become cheaper than gas cars in many
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ZENN AI: Betting on Clarity in a Noisy Data Economy
AI is supposed to make sense of complicated stuff, right? Scans, lab results, materials data, all that. But here’s the thing. It often struggles when the data aren’t perfect. And real-world data almost never are. Different labs, different machines, even the same experiment on a different day can give slightly different numbers. Most AI models
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ETH: The Silent Backbone of the Growing Stablecoin Market
Stablecoins. They used to be simple. Park your dollars between trades, don’t touch fiat. Easy. Now, it feels different. BlackRock, in their 2026 Global Outlook, is treating them like the rails of the financial system. Not just crypto anymore. Expanding Into Mainstream Finance They say stablecoins are moving beyond exchanges. Into payments, cross-border transfers, even
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New Lung-on-a-Chip Mimics TB Infection in Real Time
Scientists have made a human lung-on-a-chip that mimics the tiny air sacs in the lungs, called alveoli. You could say it’s like a mini-lung in a lab dish. It might help researchers understand how TB infects the lungs and how treatments could work for different people. The study, published in Science Advances, comes from the
