Researchers are using light to move mirrors, a novel concept to automate the way a…
Month: September 2015
New role for an old protein: Cancer causer
A protein known to play a role in transporting the molecular contents of normal cells…
Ecologists wondering where the lions, and other top predators, are
Ecologists have discovered a pattern that is consistent across a range of ecosystems. They found…
Fighting explosives pollution with mutant plants
Biologists have taken an important step in making it possible to clean millions of hectares…
Making nanowires from protein and DNA
Using computational and experimental methods, researchers have developed a technique for creating so-called protein-DNA nanowires…
Hubble survey unlocks clues to star birth in neighboring galaxy
In an intensive citizen-science-aided survey of Hubble telescope images of 2,753 young, blue star clusters…
New hope for Lou: Unexplored therapeutic targets for ALS
No cures exist for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and the only approved therapy slows the…
Back to school and back to sleep
Poor sleep might explain how stress impacts health in kids, a new study suggests. Researchers…
Family tree for orchids explains their astonishing variability
Orchids, a fantastically complicated and diverse group of flowering plants, have long blended the exotic…
California rising?
Spatially corrected sea-level records for the Pacific coast indicate that uplift rates are overestimated by…