Looking back at the Tonga eruption
6:11pmA 'back-projection' technique reveals new details of the volcanic eruption in Tonga that literally shook the world.Mercury helps to detail Earth's most massive extinction event
6:11pmScientists are working to understand the cause and how the events of the LPME unfolded by focusing on mercury from Siberian volcanoes that ended up in sediments in Australia and South Africa.Meteorites reveal likely origin of Earth's volatile chemicals
6:11pmBy analyzing meteorites, researchers have uncovered the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks of life.AI technology generates original proteins from scratch
Thu 5:43pmScientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly…Artificial human skin paves the way to new skin cancer therapy
Thu 3:02pmIn a new study, researchers have managed to curb skin cancer. The study was conducted on artificial human skin.New geosciences study shows Triassic fossils that reveal origins of living amphibians
Wed 5:15pmA team of paleontologists have discovered the first 'unmistakable' Triassic-era caecilian fossil -- the oldest-known caecilian fossils -- thus extending the record of this small, burrowing animal by roughly 35 million years. The find also fills a gap of at…Expert analysis refutes claims that humans are colonized by bacteria before birth
Wed 5:15pmScientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to new research/Scientists discover the evolutionary secret behind different animal life cycles
Wed 5:15pmResearchers uncover for the first time the mechanism that likely explains how embryos form either a larva or a miniature version of the adult.What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age
Wed 5:15pmWhat drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers discovered that while changing temperatures and rainfall had little impact on the crocodiles' gene flow over the…Satellite data shows sustained severe drought in Europe
Wed 3:40pmEurope lacks groundwater -- a lot of groundwater. The continent has already been suffering from a severe drought since 2018. This is confirmed by satellite data.Gut microbiome and its products promote endometriosis in animal model
Wed 3:39pmResearchers have discovered that an altered gut microbiome plays a pivotal role in endometriosis disease progression in an animal model.How to apply lessons from Colorado's costliest wildfire to drinking water systems
Wed 3:39pmWhile communities and governments nationwide have been facing the impact of wildfires on drinking water systems, no national synthesis of scientific and policy needs has been conducted. Now, a study has outlined the scientific and policy needs specific to…Spinning food processing waste into 'gold'
Wed 1:59pmScientists have taken the first step at estimating the best large-scale uses for food processing waste, first analyzing its contents and, based on those findings, proposing production opportunities ranging from sustainable fuels, biogas and electricity to…Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to make biodegradable plastic
Wed 1:58pmScientists have succeeded in synthesizing fumaric acid, a raw material for plastics, from CO2 powered by solar energy. Typically, fumaric acid is synthesized from petroleum as a raw material to make polybutylene succinate, a biodegradable plastic, but this…Comparing airfares instead of seat size fairer indicator of passenger carbon emissions
Wed 1:58pmAllocating passenger aircraft emissions using airfares rather than travel class would give a more accurate idea of individual contributions, finds a new study. Including airfares in calculations shows which passengers contribute the most revenue to the airline…Fish sensory organ key to improving navigational skills of underwater robots
Wed 12:26amScientists have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behavior which could be employed on underwater robots.Humans can recognize and understand chimpanzee and bonobo gestures, study finds
Wed 12:26amHumans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes, even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new study.Biomedical institutions agree on a set of open science practices to monitor
Wed 12:25amEighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science practices to be implemented and monitored. The study forms the basis for the future development of institutional digital…Actin affects the spread of cancer in several ways
Wed 12:25amThe transport of molecules along the cell's skeleton plays a role in cancer metastasis, researchers show.How regulatory T cells halt aberrant, self-reactive T cells
Wed 12:24amNew research findings show in detail how self-reactive T cells -- white blood cells dubbed Teffs that mistakenly attack healthy instead of infected cells, thereby causing an autoimmune or an inflammatory response -- are held in check by regulatory T cells, or…'Friend or foe' bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial
Tue 6:20pmScientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, where they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them.Economics trump environment to save big cats, say ecologists
Tue 4:27pmRapid economic growth has pushed rare species of big carnivores to the brink of extinction, but ecologists have suggested our appetite to once again live alongside big cats is increasing.Residential green space is associated with higher birth weight
Tue 4:27pmA new study assessed the associations between maternal exposure to green and blue spaces during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 birth cohorts from nine European countries, including Spain. The results of the study indicate that proximity to residential…Traffic pollution impairs brain function
Tue 4:27pmA new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel…Reducing steel corrosion vital to combating climate change
Tue 3:38pmEvery year, the United States spends nearly a trillion dollars fighting metallic corrosion, an electrochemical reaction that occurs when metals oxidize and begin to rust.How cells prevent harmful extra DNA copies
Tue 3:16pmA protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study. The work solves a mystery that has long puzzled biologists.How plants are inspiring new ways to extract value from wastewater
Tue 3:15pmScientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.Botany: Chloroplast from the father
Tue 3:15pmUnder cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring.Genome editing procedures optimized
Tue 3:15pmScientists succeed in boosting the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 and related methods and modifying initially inaccessible DNA sequences. They fine-tuned these tools to enable effective genetic screening for modelling specific gene mutations.New mosquito repellents that work better than DEET
Tue 1:53pmIn the age-old battle against mosquitoes, DEET has proven effective at keeping this nemesis at bay, but the repellent is smelly and its protection is short-lived. Now, researchers report that they have designed safe alternatives that have some advantages over…
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