Scarecrow Gene May Lead to New Varieties of Staple Crops With Higher Yields
Scientists at Cornell University believe that the Scarecrow gene — the first gene discovered to control Kranz anatomy, which leads to more efficient photosynthesis —…
Controlled Graphene Crumpling Used as Artificial Muscle Actuators
By developing a method to reversibly control the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene sheets, researchers at Duke University were able to demonstrate that crumpled…
NASA’s Image of the Day Shows Saturnian Moons Prometheus and Pan
This NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s moons Prometheus and Pan through Saturn’s rings captured in visible violet light by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle…
Hi-C Captures the Highest-Resolution Images Ever of the Sun’s Corona
Using a resolution five times higher than previous imagers, NASA’s High Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree…
Astronomers Measure the Temperature of the Universe 7.2 Billion Years Ago
Using the CSIRO Australia Telescope Compact Array, scientists led by Sebastien Muller have made the most precise measurement ever of how the universe has cooled…
Scientists Create “Ghost-Illusion” Cloaking Device
Using the space transformation theory and engineering capability of metamaterials, researchers from Southeast University in China, National University of Singapore and University of Birmingham have…
The Hormone Oxytocin Plays a Key Role in Maintaining Social Relations in Chimpanzees
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have discovered that cooperative relationships between chimpanzees are facilitated by an endocrinological mechanism involving the hormone oxytocin, even when…
Silicon Nanoparticles React with Water to Produce Hydrogen
Scientists at the University at Buffalo have created spherical silicon nanoparticles that react with water to form silicic acid and hydrogen, a potential source of…
A View of Clouds of Cosmic Dust in the Region of Orion
This new image from the APEX telescope in Chile shows the region around the reflection nebula NGC 1999 in visible light, with the APEX observations…
UCLA Researchers Image Abnormal Brain Proteins in Retired NFL Players
Using a brain-imaging tool developed for assessing neurological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UCLA have identified the abnormal tau proteins associated with sports-related…
Study Shows That TRPA1 is Essential in the Skin’s Response to UVA Light
Researchers at Brown University discovered that human melaoncyte skin cells rely on an ion channel called TRPA1 to allow a flood of calcium ions, which…
Herschel Views Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse
This new image from Herschel’s Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is located in the Orion Constellation and…
Artificial Enzyme Reveals Never Before Seen Structure
A newly published study details how researchers turned an ordinary protein into an artificial enzyme, a biological catalyst capable of joining two segments of RNA….
DARPA’s New Cyber Targeted-Attack Analyzer Program
DARPA’s new Cyber Targeted-Attack Analyzer program looks at how information is connected and moves to uncover and prevent targeted attacks without a human having to…
“TFIID” Can Co-Exist in Two Distinct Structural States
Using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, a team of scientists from the Berkeley Lab have shown that the transcription factor known as “TFIID” can co-exist in two…
Astronomers Believe a Gamma-Ray Burst Hit Earth in the 8th Century
Astronomers from the Royal Astronomical Society suggest that two compact stellar remnants, such as black holes or neutron stars, collided and released a large gamma-ray…
Sunken Wood Can Develop Into Habitats for Microorganisms and Invertebrates
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have shown how sunken wood can develop into attractive habitats for a variety of microorganisms and invertebrates due to…
Ancient DNA Reveals Link between Early Humans & Present-Day Asians and Native Americans
Analyses of ancient DNA, which had been extracted from the leg bone of an early modern human living some 40,000 years ago near Beijing, revealed…
