Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed to date by gravitational waves also seemed to merge on a non-circular orbit. Their suggest… [+6703 chars]
Play of shadows in space causes a great many effects. The celestial bodies come between a star and another planet and cast their shadow on the latter. We are very well familiar with this play here on… [+1028 chars]
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When ribosomes collide in the cells of complex organisms, from yeast to humans, they trigger a quality control process that keeps protein production on track. New work suggests that the collisions (a… [+5449 chars]
While our knowledge of dinosaurs and other extinct animals has dramatically increased during the last couple of decades, their gaits the order and timing of how animals move their legs have remained … [+5176 chars]
Each simple RNA virus has a genome, its "native RNA." This genome dictates how the virus replicates in cells to eventually cause disease. The genome also has the code for making a capsid, the protein… [+3613 chars]
Computational biologists have created a neural network model capable of predicting how changes to non-coding DNA sequences in yeast affect gene expression. They also devised a unique way of represent… [+8613 chars]
While our knowledge of dinosaurs and other extinct animals has dramatically increased during the last couple of decades, their gaits the order and timing of how animals move their legs have remained … [+5176 chars]
Hair is an important feature of primate -- including human -- diversity and evolution, serving functions tied to thermoregulation, protection, camouflage and signaling. However, the evolution of wild… [+2383 chars]
Scientists have revealed plans to bring back the extinct Christmas Island rat, 119 years after it was wiped out. In a new paper, an international team of academics outline how the use of CRISPR a g… [+9348 chars]
Multi-layered graphene is a promising carbon-based nanomaterial for a variety of next-generation technologies, but the relationships between its surface structures and properties are not entirely cle… [+3335 chars]