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Pumpkin genomes sequenced, revealing uncommon evolutionary history
Group of assorted pumpkins, gourds and squash.
Credit: © stevecuk / Fotolia
For some, pumpkins conjure carved Halloween decorations, but for many people around the...
Mystery of raging black hole beams penetrated
Artist's impression of the V404 Cygni black hole jet.
Credit: G Perez Diaz IAC
They are nature's very own Death Star beams -- ultra-powerful jets...
Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
Over the last 800,000 years, pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 content remained below 280 ppm, but it has now risen to the 2016 global average of...
Right whales, already an endangered species, may face a dim future
Right whale feeding, sighted during June 8, 2014, during survey.
Credit: NOAA image. Image collected under MMPA Research permit number 17355.
When 15 North Atlantic...
Bat feces: A reliable source of climate change
Dr. Bogdan Onac finds bat guano to be a record of paleo-data.
Credit: Dr. Bogdan Onac, University of South Florida
People have long known that...
Jellyfish, with no brains, still seem to sleep
Jellyfish sitting on the floor of their tank.
Credit: Caltech
At first glance, humans seem to have very little in common with Cassiopea, a primitive...
Scientists map memorable tunes in the rat brain, learn about how brain remembers everyday...
Tuning into memories. Scientists mapped and read sound memories in rat brains.
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Zador, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, N.Y.
Lights, sound, action:...
New technique produces tunable, nanoporous materials
Left and center: Magnetite- and gold-based nanoparticles self-assemble into lattice-like structures. Right: Individual gold and magnetite based nanoparticles.
Credit: Petr Kral
A collaborative group of...
Water buffalo genome unveiled
This is "Olimpia da Farfengo" the female Mediterranean water buffalo that researchers sequenced.
Credit: Caterina Cambuli
An international team of researchers led by the University...
Heavy metal thunder: Protein can be switched on to conduct electricity like a metal
Lindsay explored the interactions between a protein, called an integrin (alphaVbeta3), and its target, called a ligand (RGDfC). Lindsay's team was able to manufacture...
Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain
This is an amputee fitted with an advanced arm prosthetic following TMSR surgery.
Credit: Irit Hacmun, Tel Aviv
Targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR) is...
