Decades-old crustaceans coaxed from lake mud give up genetic secrets revealing evolution in action
Human actions are changing the environment at an unprecedented rate. Plant and animal populations must try to keep up with ...
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Uncovering the secrets of electron-eating microorganisms
A large number of microorganisms have the inherent ability to convert electricity and CO2 to high-value chemical products via electrosynthesis. ...
New brain map reveals secrets of camouflage
New mapping of the cuttlefish brain could explain how, and why, the marine animal employs its distinct camouflage ability according ...
Family tree secrets: Island tree populations older, more diverse than expected
Tsukuba, Japan—It's often assumed that island plant and animal populations are just the simple, fragile cousins of those on the ...
Researchers uncover secrets on how Alaska’s Denali Fault formed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When the rigid plates that make up the Earth’s lithosphere brush against one another, they often form ...
Hydrogen masers reveal new secrets of a massive star to ALMA scientists
While using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the masers around oddball star MWC 349A scientists discovered something ...
Rice University scientists get fungi to spill their secrets
HOUSTON – (Jan. 6, 2023) – As anyone who has ever attended a cocktail party can tell you, shedding inhibitions ...
High-voltage cryo-electron microscopy reveals tiny secrets of ‘giant’ viruses
Despite their name, giant viruses are difficult to visualize in detail. They are too big for conventional electron microscopy, yet ...
The hidden secrets of flowers
To better understand the evolution of flowers, researchers from Montreal are harnessing photogrammetry – a technique commonly used by geographers ...
Unravelling the secrets of a good night’s sleep
Tsukuba, Japan—A good night's sleep can work wonders for both mind and body. But what is it that determines how ...
Researchers from Insilico Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and University of Chicago unravel molecular secrets hidden in premature aging diseases and cancer using AI
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, and the University of Copenhagen announced today the release ...
Secretion secrets revealed: pathogen effector characterization for a devastating plant disease
Sometimes the most niche plant pathogens pack the greatest punch. Such is the case for the Florida citrus industry, which ...
Secrets of Namibia’s fairy circles demystified: plants self-organize
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia’s fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two ...
Upcycling in the past: Viking beadmakers’ secrets revealed
Ribe was an important trading town in the Viking Age. At the beginning of the 8th century, a trading place ...
Uncovering the secrets of materials degradation in lithium-ion battery
Amid global efforts towards carbon neutrality, automakers all over the world are actively engaged in research and development to convert ...
Uncovering the skin’s secrets: Studies show how skin forms differently across the body
Why are certain body parts more prone to skin diseases than others? Two new UC Davis Health studies explored how ...
Intestinal fortitude: gut coils hold secrets of organ formation
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Our guts, and all our organs, are arranged in left-right asymmetric patterns inside our bodies, so that everything ...
Secrets from space: Advanced Photon Source helps illuminate the journey of a 4 billion-year-old asteroid
A year ago, scientists got their first look at material gathered from nearby asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Now the results of ...
Research unlocks secrets of native rodents’ rat race to new lands
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has mapped the DNA from more than 150 species of native rodents ...
New algorithm uncovers the secrets of cell factories
Drug molecules and biofuels can be made to order by living cell factories, where biological enzymes do the job. Now ...