What will happen when our sun dies?
Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately 10 billion years, but they weren't sure what would happen next... until now.
A team of international...
Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies
Genome-wide association studies, which look for links between particular genetic variants and incidence of disease, are the basis of much modern biomedical research.
But databases...
Chemical octopus catches sneaky cancer clues, trace glycoproteins
Cancer drops sparse chemical hints of its presence early on, but unfortunately, many of them are in a class of biochemicals that could not...
Zebra finches’ social experiences alter their genomic DNA, changing ability to learn
Asst. Prof. Sarah London has long appreciated zebra finches for their unique learning characteristics. The males learn from another male tutor, but their ability...
Study explains why Mars growth stunted
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among the outer solar system's giant...
Laser-driven electron recollision remembers molecular orbital structure
Scientists from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin combined state-of-the-art experiments and numerical simulations to test...
Nanoscale measurements 100x more precise, thanks to improved two-photon technique
The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved, thanks to research involving the University of Warwick and QuantIC researchers at the University...
Shrinking the synthesizer
Only a few decades ago, finding a particular channel on the radio or television meant dialing a knob by hand and then making small...
Weeds will take over from kelp in high CO2 oceans
Weedy plants will thrive and displace long-lived, ecologically valuable kelp forests under forecast ocean acidification, new research from the University of Adelaide shows.
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Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition: Rat...
When a baby is taken from its mother for even a brief period early in life, this traumatic event significantly alters the future, adult...
Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element...
