Science
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Single 2D crystal transforms into transistor with built-in insulation and electrical contacts
A transistor normally requires several fundamentally different materials—a semiconductor to carry current, an insulating dielectric to control it and metallic c...
Targeting the cell cycle for cancer therapy: From the discovery of CDK9 to precision medicine and beyond
More than 30 years after the direct connection was established between the molecular machinery controlling cell division and cancer, a new paper traces the evol...
AI turns scrap impurities into useful ingredients for stronger recycled iron
About 2 billion metric tons of metal are produced worldwide every year to meet the demands of industry, infrastructure and the energy sector. Much of this produ...
The little‑known 14th-century battle that has shaped English, Scottish and French relations
On Oct. 17, 1346, the Battle of Neville's Cross was fought outside Durham in the northeast of England. It was a decisive moment in Anglo-Scottish history that l...
North Sea heat wave fueled underwater plankton bloom largely missed by satellites
When a marine heat wave strikes, scientists often turn to satellites to see how the ocean is responding. From space, changes in ocean color can reveal shifts in...
Six lessons to improve leadership opportunities for women with disability
Employers must do more to remove the barriers preventing women with disability from progressing into leadership, according to a new report from People with Disa...
Two brain circuits coordinate fruit flies' wing and leg movements to threaten rivals
Limbs evolved as a means of locomotion. From the primitive rotating flagella of bacteria to the wings of flies and even our own legs, animals use these appendag...
How did Mars get its moons? Japan's MMX space mission aims to solve the puzzle
The Earth got its moon when a small planet collided with our planet more than 4 billion years ago. This impact hurled molten rock into space, which eventually c...
Researchers find that some weeds get supercharged by an indirect hit of herbicide
A brush with low doses of the herbicide dicamba spurs oxalis, a weed commonly known as wood sorrel, to produce more flowers, University of Michigan researchers...
Better together? Coral fusion could throw bleached reefs a lifeline
When corals are stressed by pollution, high water temperatures or other environmental changes, they can lose the microscopic algae living inside them and on whi...
Lion tracks from the ice age: How two ways of seeing brought ancient animals to life
The coastline near the southern tip of Africa looked vastly different between about 400,000 years ago and 70,000 years ago, compared with today. At times it lay...
New DNA sequencing methods detect rare mutations acquired as bodies grow and age
Somatic mutations, the DNA changes that occur as our bodies grow and age, not only hold an important key to cancer but are emerging as the seeds of a wide range...