Like thread tightly wrapped around a spool, DNA is wrapped around histones and packaged into structures called nucleosomes. Scientists at…
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At a very young age, we’re taught that water puts out fire. As children, we’re told why this aspect of…
The Taihang Mountains have an adjusting effect on the meteorological conditions of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in the North…
A group of RIPE researchers have found, for the first time, that chloroplast size manipulations are unlikely to be an…
Cleaning up the Thames in LondonThames21 Are you concerned about the state of the UK’s waterways? Would you like to…
A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that the oldest-old, those who live to be 90+ and…
A gray whale feeding. Credit: GEMM Lab, Oregon State University. Oregon State University researchers estimate that gray whales feeding off…
Sage grouse at Wilson Gulch in Fremont County, Wyoming. Credit: Stanley Harter/Wyoming Game and Fish Department Efforts to improve sage…
The strengthening-toughening of Ta3ZrB8 solid solution based on superhard TaB2. Credit: Research (2023). DOI: 10.34133/research.0035 Materials with superior mechanical strengths…
Scum floating on the Ribble river near Clitheroe in Lancashire, UKAshley Cooper/Alamy The monitoring of UK rivers hasn’t been updated…
In 2011, archaeologists in England unearthed the skeletal remains of a teenage girl lying on a carved wooden bed and…
Part of a Swiss mountain’s summit has collapsed, sending more than 3.5 million cubic feet (100,000 cubic meters) of rock…
The smudge at the bottom of this simulated image is the remnant of a planet being eaten by its starSergei…
At long last, a sandwich made with lab-grown chicken may be on the menu—at least if you live in the…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While gender, racial and ethnic diversity bring value to U.S. companies, research from the Indiana University…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Irony has become a medium for the spread of toxic ideas online, a new analysis shows.…
It’s a perfectly sunny day, with a clear blue sky. The pilot just announced that your flight has reached cruising…
The ancient city of Rome became the heart of a sprawling empire that lasted for hundreds of years, and we’re…
Scandium is the high-temperature record holder for a pure element superconductingPhil Degginger / Alamy Stock Photo The silvery metal scandium…
Water temperatures off the UK and Ireland are as much as 4°C above normal (in black)NOAA Ocean waters around the…
Telescopes gather and focus light using precisely-shaped mirrors and lenses (or a combination of both). The larger the telescope’s main…
Let’s say that you and I are hovered over a chaotic scene in a Where’s Waldo? book, when I triumphantly…
To know when it’s time for a meal — and when to stop eating again — is important to survive…
1973 Crater Mystery Explained “Why is the earth not covered with meteorite-impact craters as the moon is? Presumably, most of…
COUNTER ARGUMENTS In “Born to Count,” Sam Clarke and Jacob Beck present several experiments that they assert demonstrate that humans…
What is life? It seems like a simple enough question. And yet the truth is that we can’t explain why…
[]Explorer Brad Wuest descending into an entrance pit in the Sistema Huautla cave system in Mexico. (Image credit: Chris Higgins)[]The…
The device captures carbon from air and recycles waste plasticAriffin Mohamad Annuar A solar-powered device could help remove carbon dioxide…
The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Laughter and humor are potent tools that can significantly impact our well-being, according to researchers from…