University of Maine students will soon be able to gather around lab-scale ocean structures, attach sensors, run tests and watch real-time data stream into a digital dashboard as part of a new internship program. These experiences will center on digital twin technology, in which participants use this data-driven, virtual modeling approach to support smarter decision-making. This effort will support 48 undergraduate and graduate students through eight-week summer and year-round internships over the next three years, preparing them for careers in digital twin technology and the blue economy.

Published in PLOS Water, the study reveals that phosphate used in such treatment can leak into streams and reshape their chemistry and health

A multidisciplinary team of researchers has combined deep botanical knowledge with powerful genomic technology to decode and mine the DNA of non-flowering seed plants and uncover genes that evolved to help plants build seeds. These findings, published in Nature Communications, may aid scientists in improving seed crop production in agriculture and in the conservation of these ancient endangered seed plants.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have utilized cutting-edge artificial intelligence methods to identify a region of the X chromosome that has maintained the distinctiveness of mammal species for millions of years.

Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged bacterial endosymbiosis inside the reproductive system of tiny crustaceans known as ostracods.The bacteria (Cardinium) are transmitted from mothers to offspring, suggesting that the bacteria manipulate host asexual reproduction. The study is published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

University of Iowa biologists discovered that a New Zealand freshwater snail duplicated its entire genome, capturing a rare evolutionary transitory state. The finding shows how large-scale genetic events can generate the raw material needed to fuel significant new adaptations and innovations in animals. Results appear in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution.

In a new study out today in Science Signaling, researchers at the University of Notre Dame present a computational process that can scan hundreds of proteins in a few days, screening for pH-sensitive protein structures.

A Georgia Tech-led team reveals how diatoms' rapid transformations are reshaping our understanding of how ocean sediments regulate carbon and climate.

Rice bioengineers have demonstrated a nonsurgical way to quiet a seizure-relevant brain circuit using a method that merges ultrasound, gene therapy and chemogenetics.