When invaded by a virus, our body cells launch an alert to neighboring cells to increase their antiviral defenses to prevent the infection from spreading. Some viruses, however, manage to bypass this system by mimicking the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 24, 2021
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Alarms about the declining diversity of plants and animals raise a related concern with equally profound implications: Is the variety of microbial life, including viruses, changing too? And if so, in which direction and how ...
Ecology
Apr 19, 2021
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Many genetic and breeding studies have shown that point mutations and indels (insertions and deletions) can alter elite traits in crop plants. Although nuclease-initiated homology-directed repair (HDR) can generate such changes, ...
Biotechnology
Mar 16, 2020
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Penguins may not require passports to travel, but they do need protection, according to an international research team who analyzed 131 scientific papers on penguin movement at sea. The work comes as the United Nations continues ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2021
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The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found "serious flaws" in five scientific papers on subjects such as brain development ...
Other
Jul 19, 2023
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As the arXiv repository of scientific papers celebrates its 25th year as one of the scientific community's most important means of communication, the site's leadership is looking ahead to ensure it remains indispensable, ...
Other
Jul 22, 2016
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Writing a scientific research paper is tough at the best of times regardless of funding conditions and political intervention. As such, a scientist will turn to any tool they might find to help with this generally arduous ...
Other
Jan 30, 2017
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By at least one measure, China now leads the world in producing high-quality science. My research shows that Chinese scholars now publish a larger fraction of the top 1% most cited scientific papers globally than scientists ...
Education
Jan 11, 2023
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Nobel laureate Peter Higgs gave his name to one of the great scientific discoveries of the last century, earning a place alongside Albert Einstein and Max Planck in physics textbooks.
General Physics
Apr 9, 2024
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Scientific research may be in decline across the globe because of growing pressures to report only positive results, new analysis suggests.
Other
Sep 12, 2011
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