Evolutionary assimilation of foreign DNA in a new host
Credit: Palsson Lab All life is subject to evolution in the form of mutations that change the DNA sequence of an organism's offspring, after which...
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Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur to the environment
Credit: Illustration by K. M. Driscoll Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid rain, to the biosphere....
COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells
First study to show taste bud cell immunity from contact with virus particleCredit: UGA A new study from the Regenerative Bioscience Center at the University...
Stronger rains in warmer climate could lessen heat damage to crops, says study
But overall yields could still decline sharplyCredit: Graphic by Corey Lesk. Intensified rainstorms predicted for many parts of the United States as a result of...
Army advances learning capabilities of drone swarms
Credit: (U.S. Army) Army researchers developed a reinforcement learning approach that will allow swarms of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles to optimally accomplish various missions...
Patient experiences in medical imaging and radiation therapy: The importance of skilled patient care professionals
A special issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences features stories about the interpersonal skills beyond the technical aspects to care for...
New study confirms the power of Deinosuchus and its ‘teeth the size of bananas’
Credit: Adam Cossette A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had teeth "the size of bananas",...
NSF CAREER award to bolster cyberinfrastructure performance
Credit: Virginia Tech "It is often said that a decade in computer science is a century in other sciences," said Xun (Steve) Jian, an assistant...
Breast cancer cells use message-carrying vesicles to send oncogenic stimuli to normal cells
Pro-tumorigenic messages reprogram mitochondrial function in normal cells to promote migration and invasion.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 10, 2020) -- According to a...
Theoretical study shows that matter tends to be ordered at low temperatures
Scientists found that in actual materials, there's no such thing as a critical point at which a quantum phase transition occurs in a genuine zero...
New USask-led research reveals previously hidden features of plant genomes
Credit: David Stobbe SASKATOON - An international team led by the Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and...
Engineers enlist fungi to advance against disease
Federal grant helps Rice's Gao lab find gene-editing strategies to counter drug resistanceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 10, 2020) - Rice University scientists...
Explosive nuclear astrophysics
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge of the origin and evolution of our solar system. Some...
NIST’s SAMURAI measures 5G communications channels precisely
Credit: Hammer/NIST Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a flexible, portable measurement system to support design and repeatable laboratory...
Previously undescribed lineage of Archaea illuminates microbial evolution
New group with possible symbiotic life strategyCredit: Anja Spang In a publication in Nature Communications last Friday, NIOZ scientists Nina Dombrowski and Anja Spang and...