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AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear
(THE CONVERSATION) During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, "Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it." That isn't true anymore.
Since then, science and technology have progressed so much that artificial intelligence has lea ... (full story)
Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
(THE CONVERSATION) Government funding for science is usually immune from political gridlock and polarization in Congress. But, federal funding for science is slated to drop for 2025.
Science research dollars are considered to be discretionary, which means the funding has to be approved by Congress every year. But it's in a budge ... (full story)