Plant DNA harbors virus 'fossils' that reflect 300 million years of evolution

Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

Computer scientists develop a new AI tool that rivals AlphaFold 3 in mapping RNA

The same family of artificial intelligence that powers today's image generators is now being aimed at one of biology's ...
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FCMSTrans: Accurate Prediction of Disease-Associated nsSNPs by Utilizing Multiscale Convolution and Deep Feature Combination within a Transformer Framework

School of Computer, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, 666 Changhui Road, Zhenjiang 212100, China ...
Frontiers

Data-Driven Model of Postsynaptic Currents Mediated by NMDA or AMPA Receptors in Striatal Neurons

The majority of excitatory synapses in the brain uses glutamate as neurotransmitter, and the synaptic transmission is primarily mediated by AMPA and NMDA receptors in postsynaptic neurons. Here, we ...
Frontiers

Modelling the Impact of Robotics on Infectious Spread Among Healthcare Workers

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Healthcare systems are critical to maintain during pandemics, however, providing service to sick patients has ...
C&EN

OpenChem: A Deep Learning Toolkit for Computational Chemistry and Drug Design

Computational Biology Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States Department of Chemistry ...
Independent.ie

Irish mobiles not susceptible to SIM card hacking virus, say networks

SIM cards used in Irish mobile phones are not susceptible to a hacking virus that affects one-in-six handsets globally, according to all four major Irish mobile operators. Spokesmen for Vodafone, O2, ...