Thermally driven spin current in DNA
An emerging field that has generated a wide range of interest, spin caloritronics, is an offshoot of spintronics that explores how heat currents transport...
CRISPR genetic editing takes another big step forward, targeting RNA
Most people have heard of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, which acts as targeted molecular scissors to cut and replace disease-causing genes with healthy ones....
Scientists discover evidence of early human innovation, pushing back evolutionary timeline
Anthropologists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and an international team of collaborators have discovered that early humans in East Africa had...
Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution
In a breakthrough that could lead to a new class of materials with functions found only in living systems, scientists at the University of...
NASA’s Juno discovers a brand new Jupiter
In the year and a half NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter, the science team led by Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Scott Bolton...
Ending overfishing would stop the population declines of endangered bycatch species about half the...
Healthier fish stocks. Higher catches. Profits from fishing. Is there a way to achieve these holy grails of commercial fisheries without harming endangered species...
Modern humans interbred with Denisovans twice in history
Modern humans co-existed and interbred not only with Neanderthals, but also with another species of archaic humans, the mysterious Denisovans. While developing a new...
Researchers find space radiation is increasingly more hazardous
It might sound like something from a science fiction plot – astronauts traveling into deep space being bombarded by cosmic rays – but radiation...
Saving lives with platypus milk
A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in the global fight against antibiotic resistance a step closer; the...
Scientists design conceptual asteroid deflector and evaluate it against massive potential threat
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual spacecraft to deflect Earth-bound asteroids and...
Breakthrough discovery in neurotransmission
Samir Haj-Dahmane, Ph.D., senior research scientist at the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions, has discovered how certain neurotransmitters are transported and reach...
