Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) around their genomes, a process that—while messy and complex—consistently results in highly symmetrical ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 24, 2025
0
36
Physicists in Australia and Britain have reshaped quantum uncertainty to sidestep the restriction imposed by the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle—a result that could underpin future ultra-precise sensor technology ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 24, 2025
0
193
Farmers are under pressure. Fertilizer costs have soared in recent years. Tariffs are increasing equipment costs and cutting Canadian farmers off from key foreign markets. And climate change is bringing its own set of challenges.
Biotechnology
Sep 24, 2025
0
15
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein's general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time.
General Physics
Sep 24, 2025
8
825
An ambitious and revolutionary initiative aims to map every cell of all eukaryotic life on Earth. The result will be a Biodiversity Cell Atlas, which will reveal nature's secrets and help inform conservation efforts at a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2025
0
33
Rice University researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron precision directly into an ultrathin crystal. The approach produced traces narrower than the width of a DNA helix that glow ...
Nanophysics
Sep 24, 2025
0
70
Barley is one of the world's oldest cultivated plants, farmed for more than 10,000 years. Scientists have long believed it was domesticated in just one location. An international research team led by the IPK Leibniz Institute ...
Evolution
Sep 24, 2025
0
51
Public transport infrastructure can be deeply political. A new cycle lane appears in a neighborhood, and suddenly the letters page of the local paper is full. A plan to pedestrianize a city center street sparks furious debate. ...
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2025
0
26
Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9 billion dollar industry, phylloxera poses a significant ...
Agriculture
Sep 24, 2025
0
19
Political elites in the US are ideologically divided over climate change. A new paper identifies two perspectives:
Political science
Sep 24, 2025
0
16
