Newswise — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The structure of how DNA is stored in archaea makes a significant difference to how quickly it evolves, according to a new study by Indiana University researchers. Th… [+2418 chars]
Atomically thin semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide are promising materials for nanoscale photonic devices. These approximately 2D semiconductors support so-called exci… [+4018 chars]
Scientists at the University of Michigan have found details of annual migration that a male mastodon would regularly take in the years before his ultimate death at the age of 34, Phys.org reported. T… [+4806 chars]
Genetic variants that can act as switches directing structural changes in the RNA molecules that code for proteins in plants have been experimentally validated in plants for the first time. The chang… [+6853 chars]
Thank you to everyone who wrote in last month to confirm that, indeed, only journalists care what happens to Twitter. As Elon Musks bizarre dance between buying the company and trash-talking it into … [+2778 chars]
Watch for the patterns created as the circles move across each other. Those patterns, created by two sets of lines offset from each other, are called moiré (pronounced mwar-AY) effects. As optical il… [+6361 chars]
Elastic electronic devices, like supercapacitors (SCs), require sheets with excellent strength and conductance. In a study published in the journal EcoMat, taking inspiration from the naturally exist… [+5728 chars]
New work led by Carnegie's Zhiyong Wang untangles a complex cellular signaling process that underpins plants' ability to balance expending energy on growth and defending themselves from pathogens. Th… [+4810 chars]
Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft landed at the U.S. Armys White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, March 25. This draws a close to the end-to-end unmanned orbital flight test launched on May 19.… [+1841 chars]
Olivine is an important component of Earth's upper mantle. The effect of boron on the properties of olivine has been previously ignored since boron is largely incompatible with olivine. Most recovere… [+2475 chars]
An international team of astronomers has inspected an unusual superluminous supernova known as SN 2020wnt. Results of the study suggest that this supernova is slowly evolving and carbon-rich. The fin… [+3556 chars]
BySpace Telescope Science InstituteJune 14, 2022 This is an illustration of a close-up look at a black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy. The black hole is the crushed remnant of a massive … [+19945 chars]
