The peanut and its kin — legumes — have not one, but two ways to…
Month: June 2017
New tool to identify and control neurons
One of the big challenges in the neuroscience field is to understand how connections and…
Biodiversity loss from deep-sea mining will be unavoidable
Biodiversity losses from deep-sea mining are unavoidable and possibly irrevocable, an international team of scientists,…
Vinegar: A cheap and simple way to help plants fight drought
Researchers have discovered a new, yet simple, way to increase drought tolerance in a wide…
New mechanism for bacterial division discovered in some bacteria
Scientists show how some pathogenic bacteria — such as the mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis —…
How sex ‘blindspot’ could misdirect medical research
The sex of animals frequently has an effect in biomedical research and therefore should be…
Characterizing the mouse genome reveals new gene functions and their role in human disease
The first results from a functional genetic catalogue of the laboratory mouse has been shared…
Previously unknown extinction of marine megafauna discovered
Over two million years ago, a third of the largest marine animals like sharks, whales,…
One billion suns: World’s brightest laser sparks new behavior in light
Using the brightest light ever produced on Earth, physicists have changed the way light behaves.
Peering through opaque brains with new algorithm
A new algorithm helps scientists record the activity of individual neurons within a volume of…