To Martin Rees, the United Kingdoms Astronomer Royal, AGN feedback offered a natural way to connect the relatively tiny black hole to the galaxy at large. Two decades earlier, in the 1970s, Rees corr… [+5318 chars]
Structurally solid and electrically conducting fabrics, especially those with large specific capacitances, have the potential to be used as electrodes in power storage systems such as fiber-shaped su… [+5556 chars]
The timing and intensity of the seasons shapes life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification of giraffes, and the behavior of our close primate relatives. Some sc… [+5152 chars]
Big bones from the extinct thunderbird or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental c… [+4163 chars]
<li>Shapiro, B. & Hofreiter, M. A paleogenomic perspective on evolution and gene function: new insights from ancient DNA. Science343, 1236573 (2014). CAS PubMed Article Google Scholar … [+16962 chars]
Late last month, Russia announced it would withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024. Space experts have been fretting about this possibility since the start of Russias war in Ukraine… [+10286 chars]
A study published in Remote Sensing has designed a reflectance simulator to determine the optimal canopy shape for calculating the shadow fraction based on the reflectance measured by satellite senso… [+5594 chars]
Some animals fight with others of their own species over territory, resources, and mates. During mating season, male elk lock horns in powerful struggles for dominance. Fighting is a test of strength… [+1420 chars]
Enlarge/ NASA's Space Launch System Rocket at LC-39B, preparing to lift off at 8:33 am ET on August 29th, 2022. 28 with 25 posters participating President Eisenhower signed the law establishing the… [+4197 chars]
Astronomers have performed an astro-photometric study of an open cluster known as Messier 37. One of the main results of this research is the finding that Messier 37 hosts a large and evolved planeta… [+3150 chars]
Reagents Unless stated otherwise, all reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Oakville, ON, CA). SCFA stock (100 mM) were prepared in sterile PBS prior to each individual assay. In-vitro analys… [+13391 chars]