A new advance in a method to synthetically produce DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) brings us closer to using DNA to efficiently store the increasingly huge amount of information the world generates.
A new look at the genetic code from the standpoint of thermodynamics (energy flow) is proposed by a team of scientists from Rutgers University in New Jersey and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
A team of geologists used advanced tomography and computer computation to reconstruct a map of the tectonic plates from that early period and identify a missing plate that fits neatly between two plates known today.
Every 10 days, the female gives birth to a baby weighing more than she does.
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for the human body's functioning, but scientists recently discovered that too much omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) alone can damage learning and memory function in mice.
A small, dome-shaped 23-gram weight made of limestone, dating back to the 10th century BCE, was discovered in excavations near the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, according to an Oct. 13 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release.
New research has overturned the basic assumption in ecology and evolution of a trade-off between food availability to an organism and how efficiently it can process it.
An international team of scientists sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that all modern dogs share a common ancestry distinct from today's wolves.
Researchers have discovered that infant brains have an innate structure prewired to read words and letters, connected closely to the brain's language region.
Sometimes it helps to step outside your specialty and read publications that view the familiar world from entirely new perspectives.
Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered a surprising new way to treat Type 2 diabetes using static magnetic and electric fields.
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has developed a tiny antibody that can block the development and spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
An international research team discovered that a mathematically optimal model could predict the development pathway of a fruit fly (Drosophila) embryo and found that the embryo's decoding of gap gene expression data in its development closely approximates that of their optimal theoretical model.
High-resolution images of structures in the inner ear, produced by X-ray crystallography, were used by Ohio State University researchers to simulate for the first time in detail the actions of tip link filaments.
New research has found that the male-specific Y (chrY) chromosome can affect other cells in the body in addition to those related to reproduction.
The Colorado School of Mines ranks as number 3 of the 10 "elite " energy schools, among the 187 U.S. universities surveyed by the American Energy Society (AES) this year.