The prevalence of obesity around the world has tripled over the past 40 years, and, along with that rise, dieting and attempts to lose weight…
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This image shows fish and coral. Credit: Tyler Eddy Coral reefs around the world are under threat because of climate change, overfishing, pollution, and more.…
Researchers Engineer a Mini CRISPR Genetic Editing System That Could Be Easier To Deliver Into Cells
CRISPR illustration. Credit: National Institutes of Health A compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas system, named CasMINI, could be broadly useful for cell-engineering and gene-therapy applications because…
This photo shows a calf in a latrine undergoing MooLoo training. Credit: FBN On a farm where cows freely relieve themselves as they graze, the…
This image shows a male-like female white-necked Jacobin hummingbird being released after capture and tagging. Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Much like in human society, female…
A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells—putative ancestors of modern living cells—suggests a study publishing today (September 3, 2021) in Biophysical…
This illustration shows a paleoartist’s reconstruction of the three extinct rhinoceros species whose genomes were sequenced as part of the study. In the foreground is…
Credit: Anna Zora A predator doesn’t need to have the quickest speed or reflexes to catch a bird. In a paper publishing August 23 in…
A global inventory has revealed that CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018 and could be as large as 16.5 Gt…
Rattlesnakes increase their rattling rate as potential threats approach, and this abrupt switch to a high-frequency mode makes listeners, including humans, think they’re closer than…
This image shows a brain organoid with optic cups. Credit: Elke Gabriel Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be used to generate brain organoids…
Researchers have known from several lines of evidence that the ancient hominins known as the Denisovans interbred with modern humans in the distant past. Now…
This is a photo of a mouse produced from sperm mailed by envelope. Credit: Daiyu Ito, University of Yamanashi Scientists no longer have to worry…
The figure shows the changes in energy sector jobs by energy technology comparing different scenarios (see axis description) and across the different SSPs. Credit: Pai…
This illustration shows the utopian farm robot scenario. Credit: Natalis Lorenz No longer science fiction, farm robots are already here — and they have created…
[embedded content]This video shows a left hand with 4 BFCs wrapped onto four individual fingers to collect energy simultaneously from multiple fingers. Credit: Lu Yin…
A single dose of the Sputnik V vaccine may elicit significant antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2, finds a study published on July 13, 2021, in the…
This image shows the rainforest and Ndoki River near Mbeli and Mokeli. Researchers reporting in the journal One Earth on July 23 have developed a…
This image shows the skull bones of the man buried in Riņņukalns, Latvia, around 5,000 years ago. Credit: Dominik Göldner, BGAEU, Berlin The oldest strain…
This is an artistic depiction of the tyrannosaur Nanuqsaurus with its young. Credit: James Havens In the 1950s, researchers made the first unexpected discoveries of…