A new theory for how memories are stored in the brain
Research has led to the development of the MeshCODE theory, a revolutionary new theory for…
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Hotter, drier, CRISPR: editing for climate change
Just 15 plant crops provide 90 per cent of the world’s food calories. A review…
Will we enjoy work more once routine tasks are automated? – Not necessarily, a study shows
Research suggests that when routine work tasks are being replaced with intelligent technologies, the result…
Identified: A mechanism that protects plant fertility from stress
As temperatures rise due to global warming the need to protect plants from stressful conditions…
Searching for novel targets for new antibiotics
Ribosome formation is viewed as a promising potential target for new antibacterial agents. Researchers have…
To sustain a thriving café culture, we must ditch the disposable cup.
Takeaway coffees – they’re a convenient start for millions of people each day, but while…
New skills of Graphene: Tunable lattice vibrations
Technological innovation in the last century was mainly based on the control of electrons or…
Protein kinases significantly contribute to the immunodeficiency in HIV patients
A new study indicates that protein kinases, which initiate the process that erodes the body’s…
Staying in the shade: How cells use molecular motors to avoid bright light
A team has discovered a key component of the molecular motors that drive motility in…
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Wrasses dazzle: How fairy wrasses got their flamboyant colors
With their exuberant colors, fiery personalities and captivating courtship displays, the fairy wrasses are one…
New treatment unlocks potential for baking raspberries
Scientists have figured out a way to treat raspberries before they’re frozen so that they…
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Rocket launches reveal water vapor effect in upper atmosphere
Results of a 2018 multirocket launch will help scientists better understand the impact of more…
Climate change threatens European forests
Well over half of Europe’s forests are potentially at risk from windthrow, forest fire and…
Bottling the world’s coldest plasma
Physicists have discovered a way to trap the world’s coldest plasma in a magnetic bottle,…
How ‘great’ was the great oxygenation event?
Around 2.5 billion years ago, our planet experienced what was possibly the greatest change in…
The right ‘5-a-day’ mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life
Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death in…
Single cell sequencing opens new avenues for eradicating leukemia at its source
Cancer stem cells that elude conventional treatments like chemotherapy drive long-term cancer growth and relapse….
Microplastic sizes in Hudson-Raritan Estuary and coastal ocean revealed
Scientists for the first time have pinpointed the sizes of microplastics from a highly urbanized…
High school students tend to get more motivated over time
Parents may fear that if their high school student isn’t motivated to do well in…
Astronomers accurately measure the temperature of red supergiant stars
Red supergiants are a class of star that end their lives in supernova explosions. Their…
Imaging space debris in high resolution
Researchers have introduced a new method for taking high-resolution images of fast-moving and rotating objects…
When using pyrite to understand Earth’s ocean and atmosphere: Think local, not global
Scientists have long used information from sediments at the bottom of the ocean to reconstruct…
Meteorites remember conditions of stellar explosions
A team of international researchers went back to the formation of the solar system 4.6…
Measuring the tRNA world
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) deliver specific amino acids to ribosomes during translation of messenger RNA into…
Quantum quirk yields giant magnetic effect, where none should exist
In a twist befitting the strange nature of quantum mechanics, physicists have discovered the Hall…
Exposure to diverse career paths can help fill labor market ‘skills gap’
When Patrick Rottinghaus began college, he had no idea what he wanted to do with…
Did teenage ‘tyrants’ outcompete other dinosaurs?
Paleo-ecologists have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may…
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
Programmed magnetic nanobeads paired with an off-the-shelf cellphone and plug-in diagnostic tool can diagnose COVID-19…
Comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter’s asteroids
After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among…
Gulf Stream System at its weakest in over a millennium
Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as…
Novel pooled testing strategies can significantly better identify COVID-19 infections
A novel approach to pooled testing could help identify up to 20 times more COVID-19…
Scientists link star-shredding event to origins of universe’s highest-energy particles
A team of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino in the wake…
Paleontologists discover new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
A research team has solved a 150-year-old-mystery after uncovering how fossil dragonfly relatives have been…
‘Miracle poison’ for novel therapeutics
Researchers demonstrate they can engineer botulinum toxin proteins (called proteases) to find new targets with…
Researchers use machine learning to identify autism blood biomarkers
Using machine learning tools to analyze hundreds of proteins, researchers have identified a group of…
COVID-19 isolation linked to increased domestic violence, researchers suggest
Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to…
After spread, travel bans are of limited value in thwarting the spread of COVID-19, researchers find
New research aimed at providing a decision support system to Italian policy makers suggests that…
Scientists uncover new details of SARS-CoV-2 interactions with human cells
In order to infect cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, needs to insert itself…
Antibodies recognize and attack different SARS-CoV-2 spike shapes
The spikes on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, change shapes. New research reveals ways…
How SARS-CoV-2’s sugar-coated shield helps activate the virus
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is coated with sugars called glycans, which help it…
Why some coronavirus strains are more infectious than others
The coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19 have spike proteins that move into ‘active’ and…
People with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies may have low risk of future infection, study finds
People who have had evidence of a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes…
Using a multipronged approach to investigate the diet of ancient dogs
A new study uses different techniques to improve the investigation of fossilized dog feces. Read…
Evidence of dynamic seasonal activity on a Martian sand dune
A scientist examined 11 Mars years of image data to understand the seasonal processes that…
Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet
A digital twin of our planet is being designed to simulate Earth’s climate system reaching…
Reactivating aging stem cells in the brain
As people get older, their neural stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and produce…
From melody to language
In the process of developing language, the melody patterns that emerge in infants’ vocalizations are…
New fossil discovery illuminates the lives of the earliest primates
A new fossil discovery is central to primate ancestry and adds to our understanding of…
New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter
A new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black…
Fighting fit cockroaches have ‘hidden strength’
A new study has discovered that not all cockroaches are equal and ‘super athletes’ are…