AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoQuantum Science: University of Chicago researchers built a model of how defects in crystals absorb and release energy, including a difficult-to-predict process that could help develop quantum sensors. RNA Research: Weill Cornell’s Samie Jaffrey received a $5.5 million NIH award to investigate how small metabolites regulate messenger RNA, a promising new link between metabolism and gene activity. Clean Energy: A Kazakhstan team is testing a solar-power forecasting system that uses sunlight’s full spectrum and weather data to predict panel output minutes ahead. Health: Analysis of nearly 900 dogs links faster aging in larger breeds to the loss of DNA controls on “jumping genes,” offering a possible explanation for their shorter lifespans. Agriculture: Researchers detected potato late blight in leaves before visible symptoms using two non-invasive light-based methods, a potential tool for earlier treatment. Biodiversity: A 17-year survey documented 105 amphibian and reptile species in Honduras’s Cusuco National Park, including species found nowhere else.
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