Researchers successfully #engineered "intrinsically disordered proteins" into biological condensates that function as nanoscale electrochemical "battery droplets" within living cells, capable of generating voltage and driving redox reactions.
#Biochemistry #Bioengineering #SyntheticBiology #BiomedicalEngineering #Electrochemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/bchm01232601.html

Researchers successfully #engineered a chimeric version of the enzyme PikAIII-M5, a key component in #pikromycin biosynthesis, by swapping its beta-ketoreductase domain to control the stereochemistry of macrolide chains.
#Biochemistry #Pharmaceutical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/phar01212601.html

Surface Water Transitions 1984–2022 - A Global Dataset at Annual Resolution
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06013-5 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrospatial #globe #global #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #watertransition #river #stream #lake #coast #coastal #landsat #timeseries #WCD #WTTD #OTSU #NDWI #landuse #landcover #NLDI #soil #vegetation #forest #urban #industrial #advance #recession #wetland #engineered #agriculture #floodplain #deforestration #reservior #delta #model #modeling #surfacewater #change #seasonal #climate #annual #historic #recenthistory #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity

Using precisely #engineered structures assembled from nano-size materials to deliver potent tumor-fighting medicine to the #brain through #nasal drops. The novel delivery method is less invasive than similar treatments in development and was shown in mice to effectively treat #glioblastoma by boosting the brain’s immune response.
#Oncology #Biochemistry #Bioengineering #Nanotechnology #Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ongy11232501.html

We may be at an inflection point along that path when it comes to #engineered #structures whose #mechanical properties are unlike anything seen before in nature, also known as mechanical #metamaterials.
#Physics #Engineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/phy10142501.html

A New Tool To Characterise The Socio-Environmental Dimensions Of Urban Rivers: Urban River Socio-Environmental Index
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105388 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #EnvironmentalEvaluation #SocioEcosystem #SocialConnectivity #UrbanRiver #Indicators #RiverRestoration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #urban #stream #ecosystem #cities #residents #community #nature #humanimpacts #artifical #engineered #URBS #watershed #drainage #management #restoration #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #ecology #urbansprawl #interdisciplinary #biophysical #social #community #France #Paris #MorbrasRiver #macroinvertebrates #riparian #vegetation #reaches #typology #landscape #landuse #landcover #variety #blandscaping

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Cyrus Biotechnology have now #engineered two #CRISPR nucleases, #Cas9 and #Cas12, to mask them from the #immune system.
#Biotechnology #Biomedical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/biot01092501.html

Trump-Era Rule On #Genetically #Engineered #Crops Tossed
A California federal #judge on Monday vacated a 2020 Trump-era rule that a group of #agricultural and #environmental organizations alleged significantly reduced #government #oversight over genetically engineered #crops grasses and trees, granting the groups a partial summary judgment win due to the U.S. Department of #agriculture inadequate explanations for the #rule [via email from Law360]