Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary "superchargers."
Evolution
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Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such structure, the G-quadruplex (G4), looks like a knot. These knots can play important roles in turning ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 12, 2025
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Scientists have discovered a rapid molecular switch in plant roots that allows them to detect dry soils and redirect root growth to find water. This discovery could help in developing drought-resilient crops and addressing ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Scientists have discovered a gruesome microbial survival strategy: when food is scarce, some bacteria kill and consume their neighbors.
Ecology
Jun 12, 2025
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A University of Oxford-led team of researchers have published a set of principles which could help countries and corporates engage with Article 6—the aspect of the Paris Agreement which allows countries and corporations to ...
Environment
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Just when scientists thought they knew everything about crystals, a Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin-Madison collaboration has uncovered a hidden secret.
Analytical Chemistry
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Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation—and the vital productivity gains it supports.
Economics & Business
Jun 12, 2025
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We've seen it happen. For example, a visit to the Ouzoud waterfalls in Morocco's High Atlas led to an encounter with a group of nearby tourists feeding chips—supplied by the tour guide—to some waiting Barbary macaques. Pointing ...
Plants & Animals
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Healthy food is hard to come by in northern Manitoba. Food shipped from the south is prohibitively expensive and is often stale, and the climate and soil in the region don't support much traditional outdoor farming.
Agriculture
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Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark matter does not reflect, absorb, ...
Astronomy
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