For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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Mathematician Grigori Perelman solved the Poincaré conjecture, and then rejected the $1 million prize that came with it.

CRISPR-Cas systems are prokaryotic immune systems that confer resistance to foreign genetic elements such as plasmids and phages. CRISPR-Cas systems have been exploited for targeted genome editing.