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Insect pollination played an important role in the evolution of angiosperms. Little is known, however,…
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Astronomers from Durham University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found evidence that…
A study in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science describes a new, blood-red species of…
Three hundred and ten miles above our planet’s surface, near-Earth space is abuzz with action.…
A long, brown oval known as a “brown barge” in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt is…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on the…
All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called…
In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)…
Ribosomes churn out proteins that carry out all of life’s functions, but when missing a…
Unlocking the mysteries of chromatin – a mix of RNA, DNA and protein that serves…
A human journey to Mars, at first glance, offers an inexhaustible amount of complexities. To…
New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing…
Analysis of bones, from what was once the world’s largest bird, has revealed that humans…
The combination of a new sequencing technique and machine learning can speed up the diagnosis…
FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the spiral galaxy NGC…
Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting…