Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Critical cellular system discovery may lead to treatment of some cancers
A molecular geneticist at Montana State University has discovered a cellular process once believed impossible by scientists—the creation of the amino acid cyste...
Brain scans predict how fast adults learn new languages
Adults vary in how easily they learn new languages. While previous studies suggest this variability may be due to the distribution of groups of brain areas invo...
Northern permafrost switches from carbon sink to carbon source earlier than thought in models including deep soil carbon
The Arctic and northern high latitudes are warming about 2–4 times faster than the global average, allowing ancient permafrost to thaw and release stored carbon...
Scientists improve nearly every aspect of prime editing, moving it closer to treating more genetic diseases
Prime editing can potentially repair the vast majority of known disease-causing human mutations, but the technology, first developed in 2019, has not yet been w...
How morals influence food, health decisions
Growing up in Los Angeles, Sydney Scott was accustomed to Whole Foods and "organic" labels. Yet instead of simply filling her cart, she found herself asking why...
Unintended consequences: When AI backfires in the workplace for employees
While most businesses have introduced AI in the workplace to enhance employee productivity, an Auburn University information systems researcher cautions that un...
Most precise measurement of the force that binds nuclear matter achieved
Trinity's Prof. Stefan Sint, along with collaborators from Germany, Spain and Italy, has published the most precise determination to date of the strong coupling...
International study reveals differences in the health of porpoises in the North Sea
Porpoises that strand in the Netherlands have, on average, a lower BMI than their counterparts in Scotland and elsewhere, according to an international study le...
Pixels preserve world's rarest porpoise to 3D digital archive as extinction risk grows
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus), an elusive porpoise found only in the shallow waters of Mexico's northern Gulf of California, is one of the rarest and most endang...
Chemists reveal one-step 'alkyl swap' that rewrites key amines for drug discovery
For more than a century, chemists have been building complex molecules step by step—bond by bond, atom by atom. But what if, instead of painstakingly reassembli...
Genetic analyses reveal the taxonomic identity and glacial relict history of Betula costata trees in Japan
In recent years, several populations of the deciduous tree Betula costata have been identified in central Japan. Since this species is morphologically similar t...
Balancing stability and reactivity: A new palladium precatalyst for high-performance catalysis
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a new palladium (Pd) precatalyst that combines exceptional stability with high catalytic performance. This p...