Researchers determine the genome of all subspecies of the extinct aurochs and show the history of its development into domestic cattle / publication in ‘Nature’

The skin on our lips is distinctly different and more complex than other skin on our bodies, and primary lip cells are hard to acquire, which holds back basic research that could help improve treatments for painful and complicated lip conditions. Now, for the first time, scientists have developed a continuously replicating model of lip cells in the laboratory. Using donated lip tissue, they have created cell lines which can be grown indefinitely to make 3D models for advancing lip biology research and testing repairs for conditions like cleft lips.  

A research team led by SHI Xinghua from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with GAO Huajian's team from Tsinghua University, developed a new reinforcement learning-based enhanced sampling method called Adaptive Collective Variables Generator (Adaptive CVgen), which has been successfully applied to study protein folding and the synthesis of fullerene (C60).

A new study highlights key challenges and tensions in research ethics, particularly in light of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and calls for the adoption of new research ethics policies.