Scientists Have Decrypted the “Mechanical Code” of DNA
An international team of researchers, led by Durham University in the UK, has uncovered previously unknown ways in which nature encodes biological information in a…
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Turning Cancer Cells Into Normal Cells
A mechanism is discovered that explains how cancer cells transform into normal, harmless ones. A recent study explains how changing the chemical modifications, or so-called epigenetics,…
Trojan Asteroid That Will Follow Earth in Orbit for 4,000 Years Discovered After a Decade of Searching
An International team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros, from the University of Alicante and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of…
Galaxy’s Edge: Mystery Substructures Discovered in Milky Way’s Outer Disk
An international team of astronomers led by researcher Chervin Laporte of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB-IEEC) has revealed a…
The Mysterious Ocean Plastic Sink: Gone With the Rivers
Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular for our marine and freshwater environments. Rivers are the leading source…
Massive Extinction of Species in the Late Cretaceous Was Not Caused by Extreme Volcanism
A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late…
Astronomers Discover a Supra-Massive Black Hole Population in a “Fluffy” Star Cluster in Our Galaxy
Palomar 5 is a unique star cluster. This is firstly because it is one of the “fluffiest” clusters in the halo of our Galaxy, with…
A Sea of Garbage: Ocean Floor Landfills
The Long Journey of Litter to the Seafloor The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from the Italian Peninsula, is the…
New Theory Proposed to Explain One Dimensional Quantum Liquids Formation
Liquids are ubiquitous in nature — from the water that we consume daily to superfluid helium which is a quantum liquid appearing at temperatures as…
Natural Nanodiamonds in Oceanic Rocks – Formed Through Low Pressure and Temperature Geological Processes
Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters….
The IBCAO 4.0 Bathymetric Chart: New Depth Map of the Arctic Ocean
An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map of the Artic Ocean. The study, which counts on the participation of the…
New Rare Disease Uncovered With Own Facial Features, Cardiac Defects and Developmental Delay
TRAF7 syndrome: The first 45 patients An international multicenter study describes a rare disease characterized by a series of recognizable facial features, cardiac defects and…
Cave Excavation Shows Neanderthals Were Marine Pioneers – Ate Crab, Mussels, Seals & Dolphins
The journal Science has published a study led by the ICREA researcher João Zilhão, from the University of Barcelona, which presents the results of the…
First Scientific Evidence of a Potentially Invasive Species to Reach Antarctica – Here’s How It Got There
Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The…
Bioplastic Generation Using Urban Biowaste
In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, especially considering more than 70% of the inhabitants in Europe live…
Using GPS, Researchers Discovered This Small Seabird Can Fly More Than 1,100 Miles Over Ocean Waters to Find Food
The migratory routes of a small seabird: Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometers over ocean waters to find food. The Bulwer’s petrel reaches…
Researchers Find the Last Neanderthal Necklace – Here’s What It Was Made From
Found for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula: an ornament with eagle talons from the Neanderthal Period. Eagle talons are regarded as the first…
Gaia Makes First Direct Measurement of the Galactic Bar in the Milky Way
The first direct measurement of the bar-shaped collection of stars at the center of our Milky Way galaxy has been made by combining data from…
