Understanding antimicrobial resistance in MRSA: mechanisms, challenges and emerging insights

Introduction: Why MRSA resistance is important Imagine a battlefield where humans deploy their most powerful weapons and the enemy not only survives but learns to deflect every attack. That battlefield is modern medicine, the weapons are antibiotics and the enemy is Staphylococcus aureus — in particular its methicillin-resistant form, MRSA. MRSA is one of the…

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The Jamestown settlers strangely picked up donkeys on their way to the New World and probably ate them

When the Jamestown settlers first arrived in Virginia, they brought with them supplies and tools they believed they would need to start a new colony. While historical records indicate that these supplies included horses, new archaeological evidence reveals that another livestock staple was also present in the colony. Through a new zooarchaeological analysis published in…

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AMD expands chip war, but Nvidia continues to lead

He Wall Street Journal amazed on AMD’s “breakthrough deal” this week with OpenAI, calling it “the culmination of an extraordinary decade-long turnaround effort, solidifying AMD’s status as Nvidia’s most legitimate competitor.” Shortly after taking over the company in 2014, [CEO] His implemented a systematic plan to eat Intel’s lunch, which he accomplished by attacking Intel’s…

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MCP in Practice – O’Reilly

The following was originally published in Asimov’s Addendum, September 11, 2025. Learn more about the AI Disclosures Project here. 1. The Rise and Rise of MCP Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) was released in November 2024 as a way to make tools and platforms model-agnostic. MCP works by defining servers and clients. MCP servers are local or remote end…

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AI-designed proteins test biosecurity safeguards

New patches to biosecurity screening software can make it harder to produce potentially harmful proteins using artificial intelligence. Around the world, this software monitors processes to artificially make proteins, ensuring that people with bad intentions aren’t producing dangerous proteins, such as toxins. Making slight tweaks with AI to known toxins or viral proteins can bypass…

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