Biology
Scientists develop novel predictable multi-nucleotide deletion systems in plants
Credit: IGDB Many small regulatory elements, including miRNAs, miRNA binding sites, and cis-acting elements, comprise only 5~24 nucleotides and play...
Australian Space Agency backs locally-designed space suit development
Australian researchers will lead development of the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration with NASA, the...
A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel vaccine that removes senescent immune cells from the body to improve obesity-induced metabolic...
Historic floods reveal how salt marshes can save lives in the future
Credit: Edwin Paree YERSEKE (THE NETHERLANDS), 29 JUNE 2020 - Coastal wetlands like salt marshes are increasingly recognized as valuable...
The state of coral reefs in the Solomon Islands
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation releases their latest findings from the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition...
Bleaching affects aquarium corals, too
Credit: Ciemon Caballes. A new study illustrates the potential impact of recurrent heatwaves on coral species collected by the Australian...
Computing collaboration reveals global ripple effect of shifting monsoons
Credit: Moetasim Ashfaq and Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak...
New research reveals plant control with the power of light
Credit: Leonie-Alexa Koch, Institute of Synthetic Biology, University of Düsseldorf. University of East Anglia scientists have helped find a way...
Researchers discover algorithms and neural circuit mechanisms of escape responses
Credit: USTC Ordered and variable animal behaviours emerge to explore and adapt to the environment. They are generally considered as...
New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
Credit: Picture: Peter Schouten The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial - Mukupirna nambensis - that was unearthed...
Agricultural fires in central Africa light up in Suomi NPP satellite image
Credit: NASA image courtesy Worldview Earth Data operated by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System...
Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution
Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city...
Comparing 13 different CRISPR-Cas9 DNA scissors
Computational models based on deep learning predict the activities of SpCas9 variants and provide a useful guide for selecting the...
Pantera leo’s family tree takes shape
Genetic studies can help with conservation plansCredit: Photo: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have...
Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem
University of Tsukuba research reveals a nest of exceptionally small non-avian theropod egg fossils in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, providing a...
Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia
Ecology experts connect species to Asia, AntarcticaCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia...
No leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos
Three species thrived until inland lakes driedCredit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that...
Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over for migrating sturgeon, striped bass
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Mike O'Brien SOLOMONS, MD (June 23, 2020)--For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the...
Common food additive causes adverse health effects in mice
UMass Amherst researchers find TiO2 nanoparticles produce inflammation in colonCredit: UMass Amherst A common food additive, recently banned in France...
MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa
Credit: Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most...
