New ALS discovery: Scientists reverse protein clumping involved in neurodegenerative conditions
In the quest to understand the driving forces behind neurodegenerative diseases, researchers in recent years have zeroed in on clumps of malfunctioning proteins thought...
Different tree species use the same genes to adapt to climate change, researchers find
An international research team from six universities, including Virginia Tech, works to better understand how trees -- one of Earth's most vital renewable resources...
SLAC’s X-ray Laser Glimpses How Electrons Dance with Atomic Nuclei in Materials
An illustration shows how laser light excites electrons (white spheres) in a solid material, creating vibrations in its lattice of atomic nuclei (black and...
Researchers reveal details about the unique feeding habits of whales
Researchers from Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station attach devices that enable them to watch a whale's behavior as though they were riding on the animal's...
ALMA Explores the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
International teams of astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to explore the distant corner of the Universe first revealed in the...
Soil will absorb less atmospheric carbon than expected this century
The UCI-led study found that soil integrates carbon far slower than thought, meaning the amount it's capable of absorbing from the atmosphere this century...
Gut bacteria differ between obese, lean youth
Children and teenagers who are obese have different microorganisms living in the digestive tract than their lean counterparts, according to a new study published...
Holograms with sound
Shaped with ultrasound: Max Planck researchers from Stuttgart transmit ultrasonic waves through a bath of water and microparticles. In doing so, they model the...
Smoking has a very broad, long-lasting impact on the human genome
Smoking leaves its "footprint" on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity, according to...
“See it before it’s gone”: the paradox of ‘last chance tourism’ on the Great...
Many of the tourists now flocking to see Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are hoping to 'see it before it's gone' -- in the...
Unusual new species of extinct reptile shows dinosaurs copied body, skull shapes of distant...
College of Science researcher Michelle Stocker holds a cast of Triopticus primus specimen, displaying the area where the left eye was located.Credit: Virginia Tech
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