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The atomic resolution structure of phage DNA tube—a methodological milestone
Given that phages are able to destroy bacteria, they are of particular interest to science. Basic researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)...
Study identifies the undersea origins of mysterious love waves, decoding some of Earth’s continuous...
Vibrations travel through our planet in waves, like chords ringing out from a strummed guitar. Earthquakes, volcanoes and the bustle of human activity excite...
Solar system formed in less than 200,000 years
A long time ago—roughly 4.5 billion years—our sun and solar system formed over the short time span of 200,000 years. That is the conclusion...
Family tree of the Milky Way deciphered
Milky Way galaxy has been a long-standing mystery. Now, an international team of astrophysicists has succeeded in reconstructing the first complete family tree of...
Dogs at war with fungus
The fungus that some dogs carry in their nose evolves within the dog's nose. The genetic changes indicate adaptation of the fungus to the...
Researchers create MRI-like technique for imaging magnetic waves
A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Leiden University, Tohoku University and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and...
In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize ‘bright’ quantum bits
With their ability to harness the strange powers of quantum mechanics, qubits are the basis for potentially world-changing technologies—like powerful new types of computers...
Scientists discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials
A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr Alexey Berdyugin at The University of Manchester have discovered and characterised a new...
Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovas on Earth
rth's climate over the last 40,000 years.
The results are far from conclusive, but they offer tantalizing hints that, when it comes to the stability...
How organ functions were shaped over the course of evolution
A large-scale study conducted by molecular biologists from Heidelberg University has yielded groundbreaking new insights into the evolution and regulation of gene expression in...
Largest set of mammalian genomes reveals species at risk of extinction
An international team of researchers with an effort called the Zoonomia Project has analyzed and compared the whole genomes of more than 80 percent...
