The architecture of the nuclear pore complex is similar in humans and yeast, suggesting that…
Month: March 2016
Eastern Monarch butterflies at risk of extinction unless numbers increase
Long-term declines in the overwintering Eastern population of North American monarch butterflies are significantly increasing…
Affordable housing not so affordable when transportation costs soar
A new report assesses the affordability of US Department of Housing and Urban Development rental…
Entanglement becomes easier to measure
Physicists have developed a new protocol to detect entanglement of many-particle quantum states using a…
Tiny, ancient galaxy preserves record of catastrophic event
The lightest few elements in the periodic table formed minutes after the Big Bang. Heavier…
Uncovering bacterial role in platinum formation
The important role of specialist bacteria has been uncovered in the formation and movement of…
Giving antibodies to infant macaques exposed to an HIV-like virus could clear infection
Infant rhesus macaques treated with antibodies within 24 hours of being exposed to SHIV, a…
Human carbon release rate is unprecedented in the past 66 million years of Earth’s history
Researchers look at changes of Earth’s temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) since the end…
Autism genes are in all of us, new research reveals
New light has been shed on the genetic relationship between autistic spectrum disorders and ASD-related…
Risk of multiple tipping points should be triggering urgent action on climate change
Pioneering new research shows that existing studies have massively under-valued the risk that ongoing carbon…