Search results for Explained:

Economics & Business 19 minutes ago

Paying fairly: Insights from new study on tax fraud prevention

A recent study from the University of Waterloo has provided critical insights into how penalty severity and social norms influence tax compliance, particularly in the context of COVID-19 relief fraud. The work is published ...

Biochemistry 20 minutes ago

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 ...

Cell & Microbiology 58 minutes ago

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 1 hour ago

Astronomers find galaxies in denser environments are as much as 25% larger than those in less dense regions

A team of astronomers using a Yale supercomputer have determined for the first time that galaxies in denser environments are as much as 25% larger than their counterparts in less dense regions of the universe.

Biochemistry 1 hour ago

New cobalt complex triggers ferroptosis in cancer cells

In programmed cell death, certain signaling molecules initiate a kind of suicide program to cause cells to die in a controlled manner. This is an essential step to eliminate damaged cells or to control the number of cells ...

Evolution 1 hour ago

Chromatin structure found to play a key role in canine social behavior evolution

A study on dogs found that chromatin's spatial structure has a significant role in the evolution of social behavior. Chromatin, the compact form of DNA, not only packages genetic material but also plays a crucial role in ...

Astronomy 1 hour ago

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 ...

Astronomy 2 hours ago

New analysis of Webb data measures universe expansion rate, finds there may not be a 'Hubble tension'

We know many things about our universe, but astronomers are still debating exactly how fast it is expanding. In fact, over the past two decades, two major ways to measure this number—known as the "Hubble constant" —have ...

Molecular & Computational biology 2 hours ago

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 ...

Evolution 2 hours ago

International team sequence the world's largest animal genome: Data help explain tetrapod evolution

Join us as we travel back in time. We have arrived in the Devonian period, some 420 to 360 million years ago. In a shallow area near the water's edge, something happened that would forever change life on our planet: a fish ...

page 1 from 40