Asteroids sharing their orbits with the planet Neptune have been observed to exist in a broad…
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Students' mental health is a big issue for schools—but teachers should only be part of the solution, say researchers
Schools are an obvious place to do mental health work with young people. This is important,…
Developing drugs against drought
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone with essential functions in plant physiology. It is involved…
Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution, claims researcher
When the Kinks’ Ray Davies penned the tune “Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,” the vanishing locomotives…
Climate change threatens lemurs on Madagascar
They are small, have a high reproductive output and live in the forests of Madagascar. During…
Finding the right twist in nanophysics
Novel, ultrathin nanomaterials exhibit remarkable properties. If you stack individual atomically thin layers of crystals in…
What should we call evolution driven by genetic engineering? Genetic welding, says researcher
With CRISPR-Cas9 technology, humans can now rapidly change the evolutionary course of animals or plants by…
Temperature-dependent adaptations of whale shark vision
Researchers in Japan led by the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe and Osaka Metropolitan…
The powerhouse of the future: Artificial cells
Energy production in nature is the responsibility of chloroplasts and mitochondria and is crucial for fabricating…
Using bacteria to convert CO2 in the air into a polyester
A team of chemical and biomolecular engineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has…