‘Enchanted Broomstick’ protein walks on two tiny legs to protect the brain’s nerve cells
A nerve cell can stretch far beyond the reach of its center. Yet every distant branch still needs…
Quantum sensor breakthrough could finally map proteins and other biomolecules
Waterloo physicists kept molecular sensor spins coherent for about 400 microseconds, roughly 60 times longer than a standard…
Scientists find a way to boost plant grow without sacrificing immunity
Colorado State University researchers found that restoring cytokinin signaling in immune-activated Arabidopsis thaliana improved growth and reproductive output…
Scientists turn carbon dioxide into fully recyclable high-performance plastics
Colorado State University researchers developed a catalytic route that directly combines carbon dioxide with strained bicyclic molecules to…
Genetic ‘barcodes’ could explain why chromosomes recognize one another
Repetitive satellite DNA in fruit flies appears to act like a chromosome-specific barcode, helping matching chromosome pairs find…
New physics explains how odor changes on its journey through the air
Turbulent air changes odor signals before they reach an animal, filtering some frequencies, spreading others, and creating new…
Gold nanostars make voltage-sensing proteins brighter and several times faster
Gold nanostars positioned near engineered voltage-sensing proteins made their fluorescence brighter and their electrical responses several times faster…
Hunga Tonga’s record-breaking eruption removed 900 metric tons of methane per day
Satellite observations indicate that the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption plume destroyed about 900 ± 220 metric tons of…
Tiny DNA fragments reveal two extinct Galápagos tortoise lineages
DNA from museum tortoise bones with as little as 0.008× genome coverage was enough to recover evolutionary relationships…
Inside the Dodo’s skull, scientists found a bird unlike any living pigeon
CT scans and digital endocasts of rare dodo skulls suggest the extinct bird had a brain broadly comparable…
Quantum chip opens new way to read complex quantum systems
A quantum computing method called QCS reconstructed spectra from static, open and periodically driven quantum systems using one…
Scientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolve
Researchers reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from mammal ancestors dating back about 160 million years and found that some ancient…