Phys.orgby University1d ago
Molecular snapshots reveal how viral enzymes switch between inserting and removing DNA Bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria, have a fiendishly simple purpose in life: attach to a...
MIT Newsby Mackenzie Berry | MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics1d ago
When corporate leaders discuss climate strategy, the message that still dominates is that, despite competing priorities and external pressures, sustainability matters.
Lifehackerby Beth Skwarecki1d ago
The market for smart bands is getting pretty crowded. It’s hard to beat the Fitbit Air on value or the Whoop on performance analytics, and anything in between struggles to make itself stand out.
MIT Newsby Shafaq Zia | Whitehead Institute1d ago
As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once “blank slate” cells begin to take on more specialized roles like brain, liver, or muscle cells, and organize themselves into...
Popular Scienceby Stan Horaczek1d ago
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Phys.orgby Bangor University1d ago
North Sea heat wave fueled underwater plankton bloom largely missed by satellites When a marine heat wave strikes, scientists often turn to satellites to see how the ocean is responding.
ScienceAlertby Jess Cockerill1d ago
Yunnan Province in China is famous for its mushrooms and fungi, but somehow, scientists have only just come across a new species that has rightly earned the name 'king'. Named Dianjunus rex (or D.
NASAby Patricia Talbert1d ago
NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long...
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee1d ago
Seen from Earth, the Moon looks so bright and peaceful. But on closer inspection, the lunar surface is etched with crinkles that also happen to be active faults—whose appearance and behavior may be...
Phys.orgby Lori Dajose1d ago
Two brain circuits coordinate fruit flies' wing and leg movements to threaten rivals Limbs evolved as a means of locomotion.
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul1d ago
Almost one year ago, paleontologists finally settled a longstanding debate about Tyrannosaurus rex, arguably Earth’s most famous dinosaur.
Phys.orgby Morgan Sherburne1d ago
Researchers find that some weeds get supercharged by an indirect hit of herbicide A brush with low doses of the herbicide dicamba spurs oxalis, a weed commonly known as wood sorrel, to produce more...
MakeUseOfby Saikat Basu1d ago
When the time comes to put on the elbow grease to write or learn something new, I often find myself getting distracted. I've tried every productivity trick in the book to beat procrastination.
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan1d ago
The cataclysmic impact winter that befell the globe after the infamous Chicxulub asteroid collided with Earth roughly 65 million years ago was a veritable feast for fungi ready to devour all of the...
Phys.orgby Aarhus University1d ago
Plants use a molecular measuring tape to tell fungal friend from foe Chitin, a chain of repeating sugar molecules, is the main building block of fungal cell walls.
MIT Newsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News1d ago
With rising temperatures, the buttressing ice shelves at the edges the Antarctic ice sheet are melting and calving off at record rates, leaving behind sheer cliffs of solid ice.
Mashableby John Casey1d ago
For almost 90 years, the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart has endured. She and her plane disappeared somewhere over the central Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937.
FOX Newsby Andrea Margolis1d ago
Massive meat-eating coconut crabs are posing an unusual challenge for the team searching for Amelia Earhart's missing plane on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro.
New Atlasby Omar Kardoudi1d ago
Exploring the night sky usually means learning how to use a telescope first. French company Vaonis builds smart telescopes that skip the learning curve.
Phys.orgby Auburn University1d ago
Laser pulses bring order to a quantum material's tiny electrical regions Physicists at Auburn University have used flashes of laser light to bring order to tiny electrically charged "islands"...
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