CRISPR toolbox expanded by protein that cuts RNA in two distinct ways
UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna, molecular biologist Robert Tijan and a team of researchers have expanded the role of the newly discovered CRISPR protein...
Shape-programmable miniscule robots
Magnetic cilia and tentacles: with tiny silicone strips, which are equipped with magnetic particles, robots can be moved by an external magnetic field in...
Climate change will see some males get sexier
Male amphipod. Credit: University of Adelaide
A common marine crustacean has shown researchers that it’s all set to beat climate change – the males will...
Methane Muted: How Did Early Earth Stay Warm?
An artist’s depiction of an ice-covered planet in a distant solar system resembles what the early Earth might have looked like if a mysterious...
Vaccinating Babies Without Vaccinating Babies
UC Riverside-led study shows a baby makes copies of maternal immune cells it acquires through mother’s milk
Scientists have long understood that mother’s milk provides...
Over 90% of world breathing bad air
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization says.Credit: Flickr/vtpoly
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing...
13th century Maya codex, long shrouded in controversy, proves genuine
A detail of an image from page 4 of the Grolier Codex with red underpainting visible.Photo: Justin Kerr
Brown University’s Stephen Houston and a team...
New findings by Stanford chemists could lead to greener methanol production
The results could pave the way to the cleaner production of methanol, an important industrial feedstock and potential green fuel.
A team led by chemists...
Got kidney stones? Ride a roller coaster!
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A Michigan State University urologist has discovered that riding a roller coaster helps patients pass kidney stones with nearly a 70 percent...
Iron nanoparticles make immune cells attack cancer
A mouse study found that ferumoxytol prompts immune cells called tumor-associated macrophages to destroy tumor cells.Credit: Amy Thomas
Iron nanoparticles can activate the immune system...
Poaching behind worst African elephant losses in 25 years
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Africa's overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching -- according to IUCN's African Elephant...
