Researchers discover giant cavity in key tuberculosis molecule
Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a strange new feature of a protein that's thought to be important...
International ozone treaty stops changes in Southern Hemisphere winds
Chemicals that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer have also been triggering changes in Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation. Now, new research in Nature finds that those changes...
Computational human cell reveals new insight on genetic information processing
Researchers have developed the first computational model of a human cell and simulated its behavior for 15 minutes -- the longest time achieved for...
Underwater avalanches are trapping microplastics in the deep ocean
A collaborative research project between the Universities of Manchester, Utrecht, and Durham, and the National Oceanography Centre has revealed for the first time how...
Is nonlocality inherent in all identical particles in the universe?
What is interaction, and when does it occur? Intuition suggests that the necessary condition for the interaction of independently created particles is their direct...
Small horses got smaller, big tapirs got bigger 47 million years ago
The former coalfield of Geiseltal in eastern Germany has yielded large numbers of exceptionally preserved fossil animals, giving palaeontologists a unique window into the...
Study supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just ‘tip of the...
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting,...
Big brains or many babies: How birds can thrive in urban environments
A new study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution suggests that birds have two alternative strategies for coping with the difficulties of humanity's increasingly chaotic cities—either...
Mapping the cannabis genome to improve crops and health
Unlocking the full potential of cannabis for agriculture and human health will require a co-ordinated scientific effort to assemble and map the cannabis genome,...
More men, more problems? Not necessarily, study finds
Men are more prone to competitive risk taking and violent behavior, so what happens when the number of men is greater than the number...
The physics that drives periodic economic downturns
A professor at Duke University says that the way spilled milk spreads across the floor can explain why economic downturns regularly occur.
In a paper...
