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Mon, 22 Mar 2021
High-resolution ocean model looks at sea turtles’ lost years

Model shows where hatchlings likely travel in the open sea

A detailed global ocean model simulation by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and other institutions has given scientists …

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Mon, 22 Mar 2021
Modifying corn kernels with CRISPR

Scientists apply DNA-editing technique to the corn genome

Corn — or maize — has changed over thousands of years from a weedy plant that made ears with less than a dozen kernels to the cobs packed with the hundreds of juicy kernels we have today.

Powerful DNA-editing techniques such as CRISPR may speed up that growth …

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