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Molecular & Computational biology Jul 29, 2024

Salt stress promotes early flowering, inhibits floral organ development by disturbing cell cycle in tomatoes

A research team investigated the impact of salt stress on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) floral transition, revealing that salt stress significantly reduced plant biomass and caused early flowering and smaller flowers. This ...

Environment Jul 29, 2024

NASA returns to Arctic to study summer sea ice melt

What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth's rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions ...

Plants & Animals Jul 29, 2024

The hidden drivers of evolution: Transposable elements in Rosaceae genomes

Transposable elements are mobile DNA sequences that play a crucial role in plant genome architecture and gene regulation. They drive genome size variation and affect gene expression by altering regulatory networks. Despite ...

Astronomy Jul 29, 2024

Why the solar corona is so much hotter than sun's surface

In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, explores critical aspects of a phenomenon called kinetic ...

General Physics Jul 29, 2024

Discovery sheds light on the origins of matter in the early universe

The early universe was 250,000 times hotter than the core of our sun. That's far too hot to form the protons and neutrons that make up everyday matter. Scientists recreate the conditions of the early universe in particle ...

Ecology Jul 28, 2024

Bearded fireworm stalks shallows as Mediterranean warms

The fish in Alfonso Barone's net are hauled aboard off Sicily half- eaten, ravaged by bearded fireworms, a voracious predator flourishing in the increasingly warm Mediterranean sea.

Astronomy Jul 27, 2024

A cave discovered on the moon opens up new opportunities for settlement by humans

Almost 55 years after the launch of Apollo 11—the first mission to land humans on the moon—scientists have found evidence of a large cave system near the landing site of those astronauts.

Ecology Jul 26, 2024

Developing a nano-treatment to help save mangroves from deadly disease

Mangroves and palm trees are hallmarks of the Sunshine State not just for their beauty but for their immense importance to Florida's coastlines.

Planetary Sciences Jul 26, 2024

Is this how you get hot Jupiters?

When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their stars. That distance keeps their volatile gases from vaporizing from stellar heat, similar to what we're familiar ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 26, 2024

How solar storms play havoc with our lives

Despite the 150 million kilometers that separate it from the Earth, the sun does more than just light our way: it also impacts our electricity networks, and even our transport.

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