NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye. The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an "arrow"—a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy—shot through its heart. Astronomers ...
Astronomy
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Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country's only unique wolf species. Today, it's motorists.
Ecology
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An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new light on the social behaviors of Kinda baboons (Papio kindae), revealing a remarkably affiliative ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2025
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Nature-based solutions use nature to solve environmental problems caused by humans, such as global climate change. But not every ecological project counts as a nature-based solution. Some projects only bring about a slight ...
Environment
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The efficient conversion of solar energy into storable forms of chemical energy is the dream of many engineers. Nature found a perfect solution to this problem billions of years ago. A new study published in the journal Chemical ...
Biochemistry
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Picture writing the numbers 1 to 5 in a horizontal line, from smallest to largest. Where did you put 1? If you placed 1 on the left and 5 on the right, you share this preference with most humans.
Plants & Animals
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A new analysis led by University of Oxford researchers has found that the main agreement that regulates international wildlife trade is failing to adequately deter the illegal extraction and trade of many species.
Plants & Animals
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Drug discovery is a costly and time-intensive process, with binding free energy calculations between the potential drug molecule and the target being crucial for reducing drug discovery costs, streamlining the process and ...
Biochemistry
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Researchers studying gene expression have access to vast amounts of data from cells or tissues. This is thanks to advances in bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) technologies that can capture every RNA molecule ...
Biotechnology
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Medical implants have transformed health care, offering innovative solutions with advanced materials and technologies. However, many biomedical devices face challenges like insufficient cell adhesion, leading to inflammatory ...
Bio & Medicine
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