Key Highlights Researchers at TU Wien and Cerabyte created the world’s smallest QR code, measuring just 1.98 square micrometers. The record has been officially verified by Guinness World Records, ...

< 3D model of two rat hippocampal ribosomes interacting in a hibernating dimer via an RNA expansion se ... Copyright: Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, 3D models: Oliver Döll.

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For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

Just how small can a QR code be? Small enough that it can only be recognized with an electron microscope. A research team at TU Wien, working together with the data storage technology company Cerabyte ...

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These act like a biological compass and allow the bacterium to align with the Earth’s magnetic field. In their natural ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza A new study shows that gut microbiome signatures, analyzed through advanced machine learning, can help identify individuals with more severe insulin resistance, offering ...

German Leibniz Institute DSMZ makes WHO-listed fungi available to researchers worldwide BRAUNSCHWEIG, LOWER SAXONY ...

The peptidases can break bonds between specific D- and L-amino acids, filling a gap in the toolbox for natural products ...

Aquaculture is critical for global food security, yet bacterial diseases remain a persistent challenge that threatens animal welfare and farm profitability.