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Astronomers measure wind speed on a brown dwarf
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to make the first measurement...
Peptide bond : definition, formation and ressources
A peptide bond is a CO-NH bond formed between two molecules, occuring where the carboxyl group of one molecule reacts with the amino group of the other molecule.
SGI-DNA Launches Gibson Assembly® RapidAMP™ Technology for its BioXp™ Gene Builder
This Post has been sponsored by SGI-DNA
The technology allows for mammalian transfection-ready DNA
constructs to be synthesized, assembled into custom vectors, and amplified in a
single...
Researchers unlock potential to use CRISPR to alter the microbiome
Researchers at Western University have developed a new way to deliver the DNA-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 into microorganisms in the lab, providing a way to...
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3-D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision....
Next-generation single-photon source for quantum information science
Over the last two decades, tremendous advances have been made in the field of quantum information science. Scientists are capitalizing on the strange nature...
Astronomers observe how two suns collect matter in a binary system
Stars are born in the midst of large clouds of gas and dust. Local densifications first form "embryos," which then collect matter and grow....
Inventing the world’s strongest silver
A team of scientists has made the strongest silver ever—42 percent stronger than the previous world record. But that's not the important point.
"We've discovered...
Groundwater pumping could ‘devastate’ river systems
Rampant and unsustainable extraction of groundwater reserves crucial for food production will "critically impact" rivers, lakes and wetlands in half of Earth's drainage basins...
Researchers repurpose failed cancer drug into printable semiconductor
Many potential pharmaceuticals end up failing during clinical trials, but thanks to new research from the University of Illinois, biological molecules once considered for...
Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterfly eat...
The fruit flies in Noah Whiteman's lab may be hazardous to your health.
Whiteman and his University of California, Berkeley, colleagues have turned perfectly palatable fruit...
