In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA. With its abilities to target so many types of genetic material, the discovery holds potential for the development of new inexpensive and highly sensitive at-home diagnostic tests for a wide range of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, influenza, Ebola and Zika, according to the authors of a new study in the journal Nature.
Image: Recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria. (CREDIT: Creative Commons)
Wind turbines keep getting bigger: One design is three times taller than the Statue of Liberty, with blades that are each as long as a football field. The massive size makes wind energy cheaper to produce. But it also makes it harder to design equipment that can stand up to high winds. Instead of making stronger blades, one team of engineers created blades that can easily bend in a hurricane.
Leadership has never been more critical, and technologies will continue to shape how leaders work in the coming years. It is, therefore, up to leaders to embrace these new technologies and use them responsibly if they’re going to stay ahead of the competition.
In the past few weeks, I've used ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot built by OpenAI, to help me research, outline, and write. It's told me jokes, created poems, impersonated me, and even helped me explore a medical issue I was facing.
Yale researchers have developed an oral medication to treat diabetes that controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the disease.
From the moment of conception to the pinnacle of success and beyond, startups encounter bumps, grazes and sometimes giant crashes along the way. Building a successful company that goes "all the way" takes grit and determination — and learning from others is one of the best ways to get inspired.
If you're starting a business in 2023, it helps to enter a market that's poised to grow in value and demand — especially as experts warn of a recession on the horizon.
There are various different ways to make hundreds of millions of dollars, but historically "starting a nonprofit" has not been one of them. Silicon Valley, however, has managed to find a way, at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Axios' Felix Salmon writes.
Maybe your introverted personality played a part in your decision to start your own business. Perhaps you enjoy hiding behind a laptop instead of having to give scary presentations in front of dozens of colleagues.
LinkedIn is one of the most effective social media platforms for helping to increase business revenues.
Several governments in the U.S. have made the decision that purchases of internal combustion cars will be significantly reduced or banned. For example, California requires an increasing percentage of new car sales to be full or hybrid electric vehicles, or fuel cell vehicles beginning at 35 percent in 2026, ramping up to 100 percent of sales in 2035.
Snap quiz: What was the first TV cartoon? That’s easy: The Flintstones, which debuted on ABC in 1960.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Last Vegas last week. Some of it aimed to solve big real world problems. Some of it aimed to make your life more fun. And some of it was just a little out there.
As one venture capital investor recently described it to me, it feels like a “tough” time for fintech right now.
When you first start your business, you must essentially build your company culture from the ground up. This can often mean taking the personalities and values of your small team into consideration and also defining what the overall values and mission of the company will be. But as your company grows and you add more team members into the mix, the original culture can get muddled or lost entirely as you face new challenges.
It's hardly news that mobile phones and other devices are more and more widely used each year. Many businesses, however, still haven't caught on to another, related trend: the massive growth of mobile marketing. Let's look at why this is the ideal time to take advantage of this important marketing development.
Many people are ditching the 5-to-9 to be their own boss. Unfortunately, with rare exceptions like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Elon Musk, most entrepreneurs who venture into business fail by year five. Almost 50% of start-ups survive five years or longer, and only 33% survive by year 10.
Should the Entrepreneurial Development infrastructure, i.e., business schools, incubators, and area developers, shift from product-focus, that helped 1% of unicorn-entrepreneurs (UEs), to strategy-focus, that helped 99%?
Threats to the future of democracy look overrated these days, given the glaring leadership weaknesses now evident in Russia, China, and Iran. Add relief that the U.S. midterm election came off with few of the stresses we saw in 2020. And don’t overlook increasingly strong cohesion in EU policymaking.
A man told he had less than 12 months to live is now cancer-free following a successful UK drug trial. Robert Glynn, 51, from Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with bile duct cancer after suffering severe pain in his shoulder in 2020 - one of only 1,000 people diagnosed with it each year. “I feel very lucky as I had the cancer for two years and had no idea”, he told PA. “When something like this happens you realise life is for living.” Click here to sign up for our newsletters. Read More Moment terminally ill grandfather meets his grandchild for the first time Tom Parker’s widow says late husband would be ‘happy’ for her if she found love again Five dead after blaze rages in South Korean motorway tunnel