This map from the IQOE-endorsed JOMOPANS project shows the difference between the total noise level and the natural noise level with differences up to 30…
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The new species was discovered in the dunes on Lista in Farsund municipality. Credit: Arnstein Staverløkk, NINA, CC BY3.0 A brand new species of parasitic…
Phage illustration. Tailocins look like phages, but don’t have the capsid (“head”) that contains the viral DNA and replication machinery. A Berkeley Lab-led team is…
A 3D-printed microfluidic bioreactor for organ-on-chip cell culture. Credit: Ikram Khan Small device contains wells to let small bits of tissue grow, develop, and be…
The nucleocapsid phosphoprotein (blue) of SARS-CoV-2 (N) (grey) plays critical roles in multiple processes of the SARS-CoV-2 infection cycle, including replication and transcription, and packaging…
Cyanobacteria on a water surface. Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think…
Gene Changes Linked to Severe Repetitive Behaviors Seen in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Drug Addiction
Green fluorescence in a mouse brain highlights clusters of striosomal neurons (yellow arrow) that send distant connections, also green, to cells that produce dopamine in…
About 66 million years ago, a huge asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatan, plunging the Earth into darkness. The impact transformed tropical rainforests,…
Like the layers of a Russian doll, using multi-level regulation in an engineered cell ensures gene expression only switches on precisely when needed. Credit: Thomas…
A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich team has shown that slight alterations in transfer-RNA molecules (tRNAs) allow them to self-assemble into a functional unit that can…
The NIRVANA field-test kit. Credit: Mo Li/KAUST The field test, called NIRVANA, can simultaneously detect and sequence SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other viruses. Clinicians using a…
Genomic study finds cancer-linked variants in Bernese mountain dogs, Rottweilers, and retrievers. Six genetic variants add up to determine the risk of several blood cancers…
A brightfield image of Pyramimonas parkeae (left) and a green fluorescence image of the same algae, revealing the ingested bacteria inside the cells (right). Credit:…
An illustration of the simple synthetic cell JCVI-syn3A. Credit: © Emily Pelletier New findings shed light on mechanisms controlling the most basic processes of life.…
Seagrass, akin to a marine forest in terms of the biodiversity found within it, spreads across Tomales Bay in northern California. Credit: Melissa Ward, UC…
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the…
Narwhals with their characteristic spiraled tusks in dense pack ice. Credit: ©Paul Nicklen / paulnicklen.com Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwhal’s tusk provides…
The deployment of personal electronic deterrents is an effective way to prevent future deaths and injuries. With shark bites increasing in countries like Australia —…
A Scolopendra morsitans centipede. Credit: © Eivind Undheim Venom expert Dr. Ronald Jenner from the Natural History Museum together with his colleague Dr. Eivind Undheim,…
The blog “Ladyplanet. Natürlich Frau sein” is quite certain: “Our cycle is linked to that of the moon. The most obvious connection is the length…