CityUHK Pioneers Innovative “DNA Surgery” Technique for Treating Liver
Genetic diseases, often rooted in the very architecture of our DNA, have long posed significant challenges to the…
Elephant charges at tourists, shoves floundering woman underwater after party drifts too close to its calves: video
A fed-up mama elephant charged a group of careless tourists who drifted too close to her babies in…
James Webb telescope spies a ‘farting’ dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system
Scientists armed with the immense observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected faint traces…
‘An innovation that has the potential to deliver real change’
New research shows that one of the world’s biggest polluters — discarded single-use plastic — could be used…
Most exoplanets that we thought were wet are probably dry inside
For years, some exoplanets looked like good bets to have water, some with deep global oceans. They sit…
Spatiotemporal dynamics of moiré excitons in van der Waals heterostructures
Microscopic model We study the spatiotemporal moiré exciton dynamics in a twisted TMD heterostructure in the low excitation…
Limited overlap between genetic effects on disease susceptibility and disease survival
Ethics statement This study was conducted in compliance with the relevant ethical guidelines and approved by the appropriate…
The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out
Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol…
Carbon cycle can plunge Earth into an ice age
image: Dominik Hülse, co-author of the study and earth system modeler at the University of Bremen in his…
Carbon Dioxide – Earth Indicator
Key Takeaway: The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has increased sharply in the past 100 years…
Kayhan Space releases free software to speed up satellite visualization
TAMPA, Fla. — Orbital traffic software firm Kayhan Space released a free online tool Sept. 30 that it…
An Einstein Cross Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Matter
Einstein Crosses are the effect of the universe’s natural telescopes. They occur when light from a distant galaxy…