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Biochemistry Aug 14, 2024

Fine fragrances from test tubes: A new method to synthesize ambrox

Mankind has been craving pleasant smells and therefore working on perfumes since ancient times—fine scents have always been considered a source of inspiration, and a good fragrance has always been a sign of health. The ...

Social Sciences Aug 14, 2024

What is the Online Safety Act and why have riots in the UK reopened debates about it?

Recent rioting, and unrest in the UK has led to calls for the Online Safety Act to be revisited. Mayor Sadiq Khan has called it "not fit for purpose" and Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas Symonds suggested that the government ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 14, 2024

Revealing the mysteries within microbial genomes with a new high-throughput approach

A new technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will make it much easier for researchers to discover the traits or activities encoded by genes of unknown function in microbes, a key step ...

Ecology Aug 14, 2024

Characterizing the impact of 700 years of Inuvialuit subsistence hunting on beluga whales

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen and University of Toronto, analyzed beluga whale bones retrieved from archaeological sites in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 14, 2024

Newly discovered ability of comammox bacteria could help reduce nitrous oxide emissions in agriculture

An international research team led by the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna has discovered that comammox bacteria, first identified by them in 2015, can grow using ...

Astronomy Aug 14, 2024

New massive eccentric brown dwarf discovered

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of a new brown dwarf, which received designation TOI-2490 b. The newfound object is about 74 times more massive than Jupiter and orbits a sun-like star on a ...

Astronomy Aug 14, 2024

Neutron-star mergers illuminate the mysteries of quark matter

Neutron stars are the remnants of old stars that have run out of nuclear fuel and undergone a supernova explosion and a subsequent gravitational collapse. Although their collisions—or binary mergers—are rare, when they ...

Ecology Aug 14, 2024

City birds found to be carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

Research led by scientists at the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research at Oxford University has found that wild birds such as ducks and crows living close to humans, for example in cities, are likely to carry ...

Molecular & Computational biology Aug 14, 2024

Unraveling modern bread wheat from the genes up

A genomic resource for the wild grass species Tausch's goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii) has been developed by a team of international researchers led by KAUST. This new understanding will accelerate gene discovery research and ...

Archaeology Aug 14, 2024

Stonehenge's Altar Stone origins reveal advanced ancient Britain

New research led by Curtin University has revealed Stonehenge's monumental six-ton Altar Stone, long believed to originate from Wales, actually hails from Scotland. The study titled "A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone ...

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