Scientific discoveries and research
Rendering a drug effective or ineffective in a flash at the appropriate location—this is the focus of research in photopharmacology. The goal is to de...
Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a revolutionary new method to impro...
Since the 1960s, boron–dipyrromethene dyes, commonly called BODIPY dyes, have been widely used for their strong fluorescence, especially in bioimaging...
Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: upgrading its toxins to outmaneuver the monarch's resistan...
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While much of what we know abo...
A multinational research team led by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo, RIKEN, and the University of Toronto has revealed how a tryptophan-ric...
Plowing, or tilling, is an age-old agricultural practice that readies the soil for planting by turning over the top layer to expose fresh earth. The m...
New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist near an ancient encampment in South America challenges a relatively new but widely accepted...
Human genes are written in long strings of three-letter units composed of four different nucleotides. These units—or codons—specify one of many amino...
The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as signals that help individua...
The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed oceans, and created the vari...
Swedish old-growth forests store 83% more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially...
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