DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal
ANCIENT MAIZE Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize domestication. The specimen is important because it...
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Plants that soak up sun more quickly could improve crop yields
Researchers have identified a way to manipulate photosynthesis in plants to increase both their light-harvesting ability and biomass production. As the world population faces an...
Crop yield gets big boost with modified genes in photosynthesis
Credit: Lauriebeth Leonelli and Matthew Brooks/UC Berkeley Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent by increasing the amount of...
Engineering a more efficient system for harnessing carbon dioxide
Despite the vast diversity of organisms on the planet that express enzymes for the conversion of carbon dioxide into such organic compounds as sugars -...
Flash of invisible light helps astronomers map the cosmic web
Credit: Credit: Dr. Vikram Ravi/Caltech and Dr. Ryan Shannon/ICRAR-Curtin/CSIRO A brief but brilliant burst of radiation that travelled at least a billion light years through...
Asteroid impacts could create niches for life, suggests Chicxulub crater study
Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats for early life. Around 65...
Bright radio bursts probe universe’s hidden matter
Credit: Courtesy of V. Ravi/Caltech Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky Way galaxy. A team of...
Discovering what keeps cellular cargo on track
Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University researchers, for the first time, have identified how plants' largest cell factory moves...
Oregon team says life in Earth’s soils may be older than believed
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Nov. 17, 2016) -- Way before trees or lichens evolved, soils on Earth were alive, as revealed by a close examination of...
Salk Institute ranked #2 in world for life sciences collaborations by Nature Index
Credit: Nature Research LA JOLLA--(November 17, 2016) The Salk Institute ranks second in the world for high-quality, high-impact scientific collaborations in the life sciences, and...
Liquid silicon: Computer chips could bridge the gap between computation and storage
Credit: Photo courtesy UW-Madison/Stephanie Precourt. MADISON, WIs. -- Computer chips in development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could make future computers more efficient and powerful...
Study reveals new information on how brain cancer spreads
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Glioblastoma multiforme remains the most common and highly lethal brain cancer and is known for its ability to relapse. Researchers...
Large-scale cancer gene profiling is feasible but faces barriers
Credit: Dana-Farber BOSTON -- Researchers leading the largest genomic tumor profiling effort of its kind say such studies are technically feasible in a broad population...
Women who have their last baby after 35 are mentally sharper in old age, study finds
A new study has found that women have better brainpower after menopause if they had their last baby after age 35, used hormonal contraceptives for...
Supercomputer simulations help develop new approach to fight antibiotic resistance
Credit: ORNL/University of Oklahoma Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have played a key role in discovering a new class...