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Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds

Iberian DNA remained largely unchanged for six centuries before Roman influence, study finds Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor A study led by a UAB research team of Biological Anthropology has analyzed the genome of 54 newborns with the aim of tracking the genetic history of their culture since it developed in the Early Iron Age until the start of the Roman period, some 2,700 to 2,100 years ago. Despite being in contact with other Mediterranean cultures, the genetic...

How back is the U? Can Clemson rebound? Previewing...

Life in the ACC certainly isn't boring. In the past year alone, the conference has produced a long and awkward CFP rankings battle, an irate affiliate member, a thrilling national title game run, the strangest tiebreaker result imaginable, an out-of-nowhere 11-win season, the most disappointing team in the country, an epic pro-to-college face-plant, 18 of the 38 best games of the 2025 season, the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft (indirectly) and the most awkward possible move to nine-game...

Citizens as political actors, not individual consumers: New study calls for tighter advertising regulations

mRNAutilus: Multi-Objective-Guided Discrete Generation of mRNA with Optimized Therapeutic Properties

arXiv:2605.31296v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Therapeutic mRNA design requires coordinating multiple interacting sequence features across the full transcript, where codon usage, untranslated regions (UTRs), and their coupling jointly determine stability, translation efficiency, and protein expression. Here, we present mRNA generation via unrolled trajectories and informed latent updates (mRNAutilus), a framework for simultaneous codon optimization and de novo UTR design directly from...