Bacteria encode hidden genes outside their genome; do we?
DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes have seemed like…
DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes have seemed like…
Indoline crystals obtained in Paladine’s model reaction are pictured inside a test tube. Indolines are structures appearing in many natural products and pharmaceuticals and have been used widely in the…
Credit: Light: Advanced Manufacturing (2024). DOI: 10.37188/lam.2024.031 Future optical communication and signal processing systems will require high-volume optical links, wherein photonic integrated devices play a key role. Si photonics is…
In space, there are clouds that contain gas and dust ejected from stars. Our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago from such a molecular cloud. Most of these…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australia needs to provide permanent supportive housing for many reasons. The most compelling reason is simple: it permanently ends homelessness for our most marginalized citizens. Permanent…
Phylogenetic tree of the topo VI-A/Spo11 family: An unrooted maximum-likelihood tree using 223 aligned topo VI-A/Spo11 sequences including 33 archaea, 17 bacteria, and 173 eukaryotes. Credit: NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics…
Characterization of Ag NCs obtained under different gases and stirring intensities. Credit: Small (2024). DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400306 Stirring allows for homogenization and efficient gas exchange—this fact has been known for decades.…
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate…
Jenny Williams flying a fixed-wing drone in Madagascar to survey the island’s forests for signs of illegal logging. Madagascar’s biodiversity is incredibly unique with a high percentage of endemic species…
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are developing ways to track forever chemical pollutants in waterways. Credit: Jackson School of Geosciences/University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Organofluorine compounds—sometimes…