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African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting domestic pigs and wild boars worldwide. Since its introduction into Europe...
The world's oceans may be quietly amplifying climate change in ways scientists are only beginning to understand. In a new study published in Proceedin...
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed a bold new approach to drug development and discovery that could dramatically acce...
Reading the "Mars Trilogy" by Kim Stanley Robinson brings the benefits and pitfalls of efforts to terraform the red planet into sharp relief. Since th...
Plants can't move to escape the heat like humans can; they are forced to adapt. As temperatures fluctuate, one key survival strategy is the ability of...
Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighborhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egy...
Around 1% of the global population has a Ph.D. It's the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But—and this i...
Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly precise carbon nanotube fibe...
DNA inside the nucleus is not packed as a rigid regular fiber—linker histone H1 dynamically binds and loosely "glues" nucleosomes together, creating a...
North America's bee populations are in trouble, but don't blame the honey bees. While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees—th...
How do radicals form in aqueous solutions when exposed to UV light? This question is important for health research and environmental protection. For e...
A message appears online during heavy flooding: "This rain no be small o, everywhere don red." Someone unfamiliar with the phrasing might hesitate. Bu...
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