An atmospheric scientist has flown on planes outfitted with high tech equipment through wildfire plumes…
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Feeding the world: Uncovering a key regulator of flower head development in rice
Discovering how rice flower structures develop in response to environmental cues will help breeders increase…
Engineered monomeric streptavidin
A novel streptavidin variant with improved biotin binding characteristics allows stable monovalent detection of biotinylated…
An overfed fetus may become an overweight adolescent
Higher levels of blood markers in the umbilical cord indicate that the baby has more…
Lower home temperature in winter is associated with lower waist measurement
Elderly adults are bigger around the middle when they turn up the heat inside their…
Infants with strong sucking skills are more likely to gain additional weight
A new study of African-American infants finds that those who feed more vigorously at one…
Light helps develop programmable materials
Light of a certain wavelength can be used to put so-called active materials into motion…
Artificial molecules
A new method allows scientists to fabricate artificial molecules out of different types of microspheres….
Growing skin in the lab
Using reprogrammed iPS cells, scientists have successfully grown complex skin tissue — complete with hair…
Ancient DNA shows European wipe-out of early Americans
The first large-scale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating…