University of Colorado study finds python blood could lead to weight loss drug with fewer side effects

A compound found in python blood could lead to a new kind of weight loss drug, one that suppresses appetite without some of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Could Python Blood Lead to the Next Generation of Weight-Loss Drugs?

Researchers discovered an appetite-suppressing molecule in python blood. If one day turned into a medication, it might lack ...

Python scales host microstructures that block bacterial biofilms—revealing potential for antimicrobial materials

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...

Burmese python blood may point to a new weight loss treatment

A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

Meta's new structured prompting technique makes LLMs significantly better at code review — boosting accuracy to 93% in some cases

This technique can be used out-of-the-box, requiring no model training or special packaging. It is code-execution free, which ...
Quanta Magazine

Where Some See Strings, She Sees a Space-Time Made of Fractals

Astrid Eichhorn spends her days thinking about how the laws of physics change at the tiniest scales. Imagine zooming in closer and closer to the device on which you’re reading this article. Its ...
Quanta Magazine

String theory

Promise and controversy continues to surround string theory as a potential unified theory of everything. In the latest episode of The Joy of Why, Cumrun Vafa discusses his progress in trying to find ...