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Packing a genome, step-by-step
Genome folding now has a playbook.
A new step-by-step account spells out in minute-time resolution how cells rapidly pack long tangles of chromosomes into the...
NASA team studies middle-aged sun by tracking motion of Mercury
Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expanding. It happens because the Sun's...
Temporary ‘bathtub drains’ in the ocean concentrate flotsam
An experiment featuring the largest flotilla of sensors ever deployed in a single area provides new insights into how marine debris, or flotsam, moves...
Breakthrough study shows how plants sense the world
Plants lack eyes and ears, but they can still see, hear, smell and respond to environmental cues and dangers -- especially to virulent pathogens....
Artificial agent designs quantum experiments
We carry smartphones in our pockets, the streets are dotted with semi-autonomous cars, but in the research laboratory experiments are still being designed by...
Radioactivity from oil and gas wastewater persists in Pennsylvania stream sediments
More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new Duke University...
Fanged friends: World’s most vilified and dangerous animals may be humankind’s best ally
An international review led by the University of Queensland and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) says that many native carnivores that live in and around...
Real-world intercontinental quantum communications enabled by the Micius satellite
Private and secure communications are fundamental human needs. In particular, with the exponential growth of Internet use and e-commerce, it is of paramount importance...
Protein designed entirely from scratch functions in cells as a genuine enzyme
A dawning field of research, artificial biology, is working toward creating a genuinely new organism. At Princeton, chemistry professor Michael Hecht and the researchers in his...
UNH researchers find human impact on forest still evident after 500 years
Tropical forests span a huge area, harbor a wide diversity of species, and are important to water and nutrient cycling on a planet scale....
How did we evolve to live longer?
Researchers at Newcastle University show that a collection of small adaptations in proteins that respond to stress, accumulated over millennia of human history, could...
