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…
First Diplodocus found outside North America rewrites dinosaur migration history
Fourteen tail vertebrae from eastern Spain provide the first confirmed evidence that Diplodocus lived outside North America about…
Scientists learn how tobacco plants make nicotine: could lead to new low-nicotine strains
Researchers have completed a four-enzyme pathway that explains how tobacco plants assemble nicotine from two chemical building blocks,…
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…
Newer blood thinners linked to slower Alzheimer’s decline
Newer blood thinners were linked to slightly slower memory and thinking decline in people with both Alzheimer’s disease…
New recycling process converts plastic waste into useful chemicals using only water and oxygen
Researchers developed a catalyst-free recycling method that uses only water and oxygen to break down durable plastics such…
JWST captures stunning images of one of the lightest known exoplanets
Astronomers discovered Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant about 2.4 times Jupiter’s mass, after spotting it in VLT…
Scientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on crops
A team of researchers at RMIT University has developed a new coating method that sounds almost futuristic. Using…
Scientists discover how natural hair patterns form without a blueprint
A pattern as familiar as hair may hold clues to one of biology’s deeper mysteries. The way hair…
Scientists achieve the impossible by creating matter from empty space
Something has been lurking in empty space, and for the first time, physicists may have caught it leaving…
Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate
Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…