Many stars explode as luminous supernovae when, swollen with age, they run out of fuel for nuclear fusion. But some stars can go supernova simply because they have a close and pesky companion star that, one day, perturbs ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2019
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Proteins have now been designed in the lab to zip together in much the same way that DNA molecules zip up to form a double helix. The technique, whose development was led by University of Washington School of Medicine scientists, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2018
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We like to keep the air in our homes as clean as possible, and sometimes we use HEPA air filters to keep offending allergens and dust particles at bay.
Biotechnology
Dec 19, 2018
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A new collaborative study led by a research team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Washington could provide engineers new design ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 7, 2018
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The largest extinction in Earth's history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago. Long before dinosaurs, our planet was populated with plants and animals that were mostly obliterated after a series ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 6, 2018
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Not all stars are like the sun, so not all planetary systems can be studied with the same expectations. New research from a University of Washington-led team of astronomers gives updated climate models for the seven planets ...
Astronomy
Nov 21, 2018
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For the first time, scientists have created, from scratch, self-assembling protein filaments.
Biochemistry
Nov 8, 2018
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The Gulf of St. Lawrence has warmed and lost oxygen faster than almost anywhere else in the global oceans. The broad, biologically rich waterway in Eastern Canada drains North America's Great Lakes and is popular with fishing ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2018
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Scientists have now developed an assay that concurrently profiles both the epigenome and transcriptome of each of thousands of single cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 30, 2018
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The Carrizo Plain National Monument is a little-known ecological hotspot in Southern California. Though small, it explodes in wildflowers each spring and is full of threatened or endangered species.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2018
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