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What Limits a Cell’s Size?
Two physical constraints help explain why cells are so tiny: surface area-to-volume ratios and diffusion. The first article in our new Data Series.
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Niko McCarty
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A Brief History of the Miracle Bacterium
Serratia marcescens, a pathogen with an uncanny resemblance to blood, has had an outsized influence on modern science.
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Corrado Nai
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Meet the Humans Building AI Scientists
A look inside FutureHouse, a nonprofit research institute in San Francisco.
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Healing My Family’s Future
How genetics and IVF empowered our family to leave cancer behind.
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Announcing Issue 06: Blood-Red Microbes, AI Scientists, Nobel Duels
Plus: A partnership with Astera Institute and our first job posting.
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Asimov Press

February 2025

Making a “Miracle” HIV Medicine
Lenacapavir — a long-acting, injectable drug — may be our strongest tool yet to curb HIV, provided it reaches those who need it most.
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Evo 2 Can Design Entire Genomes
A new AI model for biology, released today by Arc Institute and NVIDIA, can predict which mutations within a gene are likely to be harmful and even…
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Eryney Marrogi
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Niko McCarty
The Making of a Gene Circuit
An interactive visualization of the repressilator, a genetic circuit that gave rise to synthetic biology.
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Niko McCarty
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Nehal Udyavar
AI-Designed Enzymes
Researchers at the Institute for Protein Design have made a computationally-designed, multi-step enzyme.
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Abhishaike Mahajan
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Eryney Marrogi
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A writing fellowship on scientific progress
Works in Progress and Asimov Press are launching a paid six-month fellowship.
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Barcoding Brains
Connectomics — a technique that maps physical connections between neural cells — is expensive and inefficient. E11 Bio, a non-profit research group, is…
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Alexandra Balwit
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A Search for Sick Animals
A 2020 study suggests that monkeys can develop Parkinson’s, just like humans. Why haven't the findings been duplicated, and what will it take to find…
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Trevor Klee
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