Repetitive DNA sequences around centromere show history of human genetic variation. Scientists lied a little…
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Test of drug could prove role of hyperactive retinal cells in blindness, potentially leading to…
Marine invertebrates have preserved their ancient chromosomal structures for over 600 million years, revealing evolution’s…
Excess X-ray emissions from remnant four years after merger hint at bounce from delayed collapse.…
Using adaptive mesh refinement, supercomputer simulation narrows axion mass range. Physicists searching — unsuccessfully —…
Eliminating all animal agriculture within the next 15 years would drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
A recent study has linked excessive myelination in the brain’s gray matter to PTSD in…
Two new methods allow CRISPR editing of genes in multiple cell types simultaneously. To date,…
70 million-year-old fossils reveal unique walking behavior of this huge, heron-like pterosaur. Look around any…
Time crystals move from theory to reality, lasting seconds in quantum experiments. UC Berkeley physicist…
Knocking out transposon promoter leads to pup death in mice; similar promoters found in many…
Scientists find another use for lizards’ versatile tails: stabilization after headfirst crashes. A gecko’s tail…
Half a century of allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek Basin has…
Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health, and poverty. More than 700 imaging…
New CRISPR-based FIND-IT test detects COVID-19 RNA in minutes without amplification, promising faster, simpler diagnostics.…
Adding absorbent nanoparticles to polymer membranes simplifies desalination. University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered…
Model of how Earth’s inner core froze into solid iron implies it may be only…
Juvenile tyrannosaurs tested their chops as they grew to become bone crushers like their parents.…