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Credit: Ivan Pazos et al. The increase of skyscrapers in a city resembles the development of some living systems. Spanish researchers have created an evolutionary...

Genuinely 'deforestation-free' palm oil products are problematic to guarantee, according to a new study. Palm oil is a vegetable oil that is used in thousands...

When the American comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi, also known as sea walnut, conquered the Black Sea as a new habitat 35 years ago, the ecosystem...

Credit: Maria Valieva Today, scientists extensively study FACT - a protein complex that plays a role in DNA packing within a nucleus, as well as...

Credit: Moscow University Herbarium A senior researcher of the Moscow University Herbarium published in Taxon journal the results of his work on the Moscow University...

Credit: Christina McCluskey/Colorado St. Univ. Certain types of bacteria and viruses are readily ejected into the atmosphere when waves break while other taxa are less...

Credit: DANIEL VILLAFRUELA (CC BY 4.0) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- There's a reason parents tell their kids to lay off the sugar: too much isn't good...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a low-cost membrane that effectively separates oil and water on demand - potentially paving the way...

Credit: Northwestern University The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the Simons Foundation, has launched four new centers to bring mathematical perspectives to the...

Credit: Steve Morton Every cell in our bodies is shaped by its outer coating, or biomembrane. This incredible, naturally created nanostructure wraps the cell in...

Credit: RUB, Kramer Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered why bioelectrodes containing the photosynthesis protein complex photosystem I are not stable in the long...

Credit: DAI Junbiao Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast people use...

Credit: Yaguchi K., et al., Journal of Cell Biology, April 30, 2018 Scientists have unraveled how the cell replication process destabilizes when it has more,...

Credit: Karin Kjernsmo Iridescence is a form of structural colour which uses regular repeating nanostructures to reflect light at slightly different angles, causing a colour-change...

Indigenous communities are rejecting non-indigenous energy projects in favour of community-led sustainable energy infrastructure. The switch has led to some improvements in economic and social...