Studies shed new light on how biodiversity influences plant decay
Scientists have provided new insights on the relationship between plant diversity in forests and the…
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Recovering data: Neural network model finds small objects in dense images
In efforts to automatically capture important data from scientific papers, computer scientists have developed a…
Planet found orbiting small, cool star
Precision measurements made with the VLBA have revealed that a small, cool star 35 light-years…
Artificial organelles created to control cellular behavior
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a method for controlling the phase separation of an emerging class…
AI may offer a better way to ID drug-resistant superbugs
Biomedical engineers have shown that different strains of the same bacterial pathogen can be distinguished…
Cell diversity in the embryo
Epigenetic factors control the development of an organism. Read Original Article: Cell diversity in the…
Between shark and ray: The evolutionary advantage of the sea angels
Angel sharks are sharks, but with their peculiarly flat body they rather resemble rays. An…
A 40-year journey leads to a new truffle species
Forty years after Dan Luoma found an unsual truffle collection, scientists confirmed it is a new…
Ancient carved shell llama offering found in lake Titicaca
A llama carved from a spondylus shell and a cylindrical laminated gold foil object were…
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique ‘bang’ in simulations
In a series of simulations, researchers determined that some neutron star collisions not only produce…
Malignant cancer diagnosed in a dinosaur for the first time
New research has led to the discovery and diagnosis of an aggressive malignant bone cancer…
Your hair knows what you eat and how much your haircut costs
Researchers find that stable isotopes in hair reveal a divergence in diet according to socioeconomic…
Virologists identify potential COVID-19 treatment
New research reveals how small molecule protease inhibitors show potency against human coronaviruses. Read Original…
AI and single-cell genomics
The study of cellular dynamics is crucial to understand how cells develop and how diseases…
Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine
If chlamydiae want to multiply in a human cell, the first thing they need is…
Study shows demolishing vacant houses can have positive effect on neighbor maintenance
New research suggests that demolishing abandoned houses may lead nearby property owners to better maintain…
For solar boom, scrap silicon for this promising mineral
Engineers have found that photovoltaic wafers in solar panels with all-perovskite structures outperform photovoltaic cells…
Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
An international team of scientists has completed the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken…
Oriole bird hybridization is a dead end
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an…
New genetic cause of a form of inherited neuropathy
Inherited mutations in a gene that keeps nerve cells intact was shown, for the first…
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting…
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) represents a novel paradigm in drug discovery that could lead to…
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Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment
A small device, called ‘Smart Stirrer’, performed a function of a conventional laboratory stir bar,…
Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents
New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to…
How a gooey slime helps bacteria survive
Researchers found that the bacterium C. perfringens modulates the structure of its biofilm at different…
Blackjack: Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?
Now researchers have shown that the weird, quantum effects of entanglement could theoretically give blackjack…
Exploring the sustainability of the Indian sugar industry
Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry…
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years, and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are…
Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
An efficient in situ pathway to generate and attach oxygen functional groups to graphitic electrodes…
Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning
In a reversal of trends, American baby boomers scored lower on a test of cognitive…
Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster
Children who suffer trauma from abuse or violence early in life show biological signs of…
NASA astronauts safely splash down after first commercial crew flight to space station
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first…
Cooling of Earth caused by eruptions, not meteors
Ancient sediment found in a central Texas cave appears to solve the mystery of why…
To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests
A new statistical model may help scientists understand how animals make inferences about whether their…
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Scientists have discovered one of the largest anomalous Hall effects (15,506 siemens per centimeter at…
Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties
A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists…
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NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun’s biggest flares…
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
A new study shows other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like planets in…
Origami microbots: Centuries-old artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines
Origami principles can unlock the potential of the smallest robots, enhancing speed, agility and control…
Keep cool in the pool: Novel chip sensor makes swimming pools safer
A new microchip that enables continuous monitoring of pH and chlorine levels in swimming pools…
Young kids could spread COVID-19 as much as older children and adults, study suggests
Researchers have discovered that children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have…
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet successfully launched
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to…
Whale airway mucus reveals likely poor health during migration
Researchers have linked the burden of humpback whales’ annual migration to depleted microbial diversity in…
Remote islands: Stepping stones to understanding evolution
Researchers have investigated evolutionary and ecological changes in ants in the South Pacific archipelago of…
‘Fool’s gold’ may be valuable after all
In a breakthrough new study, scientists and engineers have electrically transformed the abundant and low-cost…
Alzheimer’s risk factors may be measurable in adolescents and young adults
Risk factors for Alzheimer’s dementia may be apparent as early as our teens and 20s….
Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
A new study using the theory of quantum loop cosmology accounts for two major mysteries…
New current that transports water to major ‘waterfall’ discovered in deep ocean
An international team discovered a previously unrecognized ocean current that transports water to one of…
Pregnant Black and Hispanic women five times more likely to be exposed to coronavirus
Researchers found the rate of virus exposure among Black and Hispanic women to be five…
Study sheds light on the evolution of the earliest dinosaurs
Geological evidence suggests the known dinosaur groups diverged early on, supporting the traditional dinosaur family…