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A team of Chinese scientists has used targeted gene editing to develop rice that produces coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), a vital compound for human health. Led by Prof. Chen Xiaoya from the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Shanghai Chenshan Research Center and Prof. Gao Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the researchers used targeted gene editing to modify just five amino acids of the Coq1 rice enzyme, creating new rice varieties capable of synthesizing CoQ10. The study is published in Cell.

Sylvia Plath, from “Poem for a Birthday: Witch Burning.”

Spring is here, and with it a new Gàidhlig vocabulary list! Please let me know if you see any problems with the translations below. 

spring : Earrach (m)

March : am Mart (m)

April : an Ghiblinn (m)

May : an Ceitean (m)

Easter : Càisg (f)

rain : uisge (m)

rainy : frasach

cloud : neul (m)

cloudy : neulach

fog : ceò (m)

rainbow : bogha-frois (m)

wind : gaoth (f)

sun : grian (f)

sunshine : deàrrsadh (m)

sunrise : èirigh (f)

warm : blàth 

cool : fionnar

green : uaine

plant : luibh (m)

flower : flùr (f)

pollen : poilean 

grass : feur

tree : craobh (f)

leaf : duilleag (f)

blossom : blàth (m) Eeek! Look at the word for “warm”!

garden : gàrradh (m)

gardening : gàirnealaireachd (f)

gardener : gàirnelair (m)

worm : cnumh (f)

bird : eun (m)

bee : seillean (m)

insect : meanbh-fhriìde (f)

butterfly : seillean-dè (m)

picnic : picnic (m)

raincoat : còta-frois (m)

rainboots : bòtann (m)

umbrella : sgàilean (m)

to melt : leagh

to rain : fras

to plant : cuir