Researchers grew Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings, including several ecotypes and mutant lines, under varying media concentrations and water-deficit conditions created by altering agar hardness and water content. They compared roots grown along the agar surface, which are exposed to both air and agar, with roots grown fully embedded in agar to test whether this mixed exposure affects cell lineage patterns in the root tip. Root tips were harvested for protoplast isolation to analyze cellular responses across these environmental conditions.
nature.com
· 2026-10-21
Researchers analyzed four Arabidopsis thaliana datasets—MA16 and MA32 mutation-accumulation lines, HPG1 natural accessions, and rtel1-1 repair mutants—to track how centromeric DNA changes over generations. High-molecular-weight DNA was extracted and sequenced using PacBio HiFi and Illumina platforms at facilities including the Max Planck Genome Centre and Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
Mutant has issued a vinyl edition of David Fleming's Emmy-winning score for the show 'Widow's Bay,' packaging the music with detailed extras for collectors. The release aims to capture both the playful and unsettling tone that defines the series.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-10
A tech writer draws on their early-2000s experience at a Manhattan creative agency, recalling the wild inventiveness of the Flash era of web design, to argue that AI's ability to easily replicate existing work has shifted the real competitive edge for businesses toward original ideas rather than features or pricing. The piece uses Flash-era microsites, games and experimental art projects as examples of a period defined by genuine creative risk-taking.
inventbuild.studio
· 2026-09-10
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