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Grain traits traced to ‘dark matter’ of rice genome
Domesticated rice has fatter seed grains with higher starch content than its wild rice relatives -- the result of many generations of preferential seed...
NASA maps inner Milky Way, sees cosmic ‘candy cane’
A feature resembling a candy cane appears at the center of this colorful composite image of our Milky Way galaxy's central zone. But this...
Forgetfulness might depend on time of day
Can't remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different...
Researchers determine age for last known settlement by a direct ancestor...
Homo erectus, one of modern humans' direct ancestors, was a wandering bunch. After the species dispersed from Africa about two million years ago, it...
Finally, machine learning interprets gene regulation clearly
In this age of "big data," artificial intelligence (AI) has become a valuable ally for scientists. Machine learning algorithms, for instance, are helping biologists...
Early-life exposure to dogs may lessen risk of developing schizophrenia
Ever since humans domesticated the dog, the faithful, obedient and protective animal has provided its owner with companionship and emotional well-being. Now, a study...
ESO observations reveal black holes’ breakfast at the cosmic dawn
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. These gas halos...
In leap for quantum computing, silicon quantum bits establish a long-distance...
Imagine a world where people could only talk to their next-door neighbor, and messages must be passed house to house to reach far destinations.
Until...
Researchers identify that mosquitoes can sense toxins through their legs
Researchers at LSTM have identified a completely new mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticide.
After studying both Anopheles gambiae...
Mouse pups born from eggs derived from the granulosa cells that...
By introducing a chemical cocktail to granulosa cells, researchers in China induced the cells to transform into functional oocytes in mice. Once fertilized, these...
Synthetic magnetism leads photons on a 2-D quantum walk
Randomness governs many things, from the growth of cell colonies and the agglomeration of polymers to the shapes of tendrils that form when you...
