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Dependency can be an evolutionary advantage
Natural selection drives the evolution of metabolic dependency. Initially metabolically autonomous populations of the bacterium Escherichia coli (left panel) diversify into two genetically distinct...
Decoding the genome of the Japanese morning glory
The genome of this 'Japanese morning glory standard line' was sequenced. Credit: NIBB
Researchers in Japan have successfully decoded the entire Japanese morning glory genome....
The global climate 2011-2015: Hottest five-year period on record
Global five-year average temperature anomalies (relative to 1961--1990) for 2011-- 2015.Credit: The analysis uses HadCRUT4 analysis produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre in...
Major advance in solar cells made from cheap, easy-to-use perovskite
This first version of a new layered perovskite solar cell already achieves an efficiency of more than 20 percent, rivaling many commercial solar cells....
Massive ‘lake’ discovered under volcano that could unlock why and how volcanoes erupt
Cerro Uturuncu volcano in the Bolivian Altiplano. Credit: Jon Blundy - University of Bristol
Scientists from the University of Bristol and partner universities in Germany,...
Mosquito-borne illness spreads in and around homes, disproportionately hits women
STUDY OF CHIKUNGUNYA IN BANGLADESHI VILLAGE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO OTHER DISEASES SPREAD BY THE SAME MOSQUITO, INCLUDING ZIKA
Outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya appear...
Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Today the Barberton Mountains in northeastern South Africa are covered by rocky grasslands; these hills are made of some of the oldest rocks on...
RoboVote helps groups make decisions using AI-driven methods
RoboVote, a project by researchers at SEAS and Carnegie Mellon University, enables anyone to use state-of-the-art voting methods to make optimal group decisions. Credit:...
Scientists identify key evolutionary catalyst for antibiotic resistance
A new study led by scientists at the University of Oxford has found that small DNA molecules known as plasmids are one of the...
Artificial atoms shed light on the future of security
Stylized depiction of quantum dots on a semiconductor surface based on an atomic-force microscope image. Credit: Joint Quantum Institute
From credit card numbers to bank...
A Box of ‘Black Magic’ to Study Earth from Space
RainCube, due to fly in 2017, forced JPL's engineers to get creative in order to squeeze an antenna into a CubeSat. Credit: Tyvak/Jonathan Sauder/NASA/JPL-Caltech
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