Mutations driving evolution are informed by the genome, not random, study suggests
MEMDS experimental setup. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424538122 A study published in…
Overcrowding kills infant gorillas in Rwanda habitat
Around half of the babies will fall victims to vicious inter-family fights, experts say. Celebrities, politicians and conservationists…
New method tracks gene expression changes to reveal cell fate decisions
The new method, spVelo, incorporates two types of neural networks: a Variational Autoencoder that models gene expression and…
Graphene reveals electrons that behave like frictionless fluid and break textbook rules
Top Left: 3D atomistic model of the graphene device. Bottom Left: Top view of the actual device, as…
Genetic tools identify lost human relatives from fossil records
Predicted phenotypic differences between AMHs, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI:…
Photochemistry and climate modeling of Earth-like exoplanets
Examples of potential Earth-like exoplanets. Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech What role can the relationship between oxygen (O2) and ozone (O3)…
Study reveals the ‘just right’ population
Credit: npj Urban Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42949-025-00254-4 The long-running debate over the ideal city size has an answer,…
Microalgae are more significant for COâ‚‚ absorption in Southern Ocean than previously thought, study reveals
At the end of the last ice age, algal blooms of the species Phaeocystis absorbed large quantities of…
For the first time, scientists observed the ‘hidden swirls’ that affect the flow of sand, rocks and snow
The glass beads used in the bulldozing experiments and mapped with X-rays. Credit: Andrés Felipe Escobar Rincón What…
Metabolic modeling unlocks diversity of yeast for industrial biotechnology
Construction and quality analysis of the S. cerevisiae pan-genome. Credit: bioRxiv: DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.14.598782 Brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is…
Astronomers capture a record 130-year evolution of a dying star
Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation…
Physicists create stable, ‘breathing’ solitons in settings without energy conservation
Breathing nonreciprocal soliton. Credit: Physical Review X (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nrv2-9h8z Solitonic waves—waves that keep their shape and direction…