At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute trainees Jingxun Chen and Emma…
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Human empathy makes us better at understanding animal sounds
If you have a horse in the barn or have ever made bacon from your own…
Ribosomes search AUG codons in bidirectional scanning, challenging the first-AUG rule
Translation, a process that expresses the genetic information from messenger RNA (mRNA) to protein, is vital…
Researchers reveal novel epigenetic mechanism in establishment of seed vigor
In plants, producing highly vigorous seeds capable of germinating and establishing seedlings is vital for their…
Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight sensor systems
The main gases released by volcanoes are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Analyzing these…
Hydrodynamical simulations for the common-envelope wind model for Type Ia supernovae
Ph.D. candidate Cui Yingzhen and Prof. Meng Xiangcun from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy…
When was the first time life began to prey on each other?
Using the word predation may seem surprising when we talk about the first organisms that set…
Coherent manipulation of spin qubits at room temperature
A research group led by Prof. Wu Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP),…
Orangutan communication sheds light on human speech origins
New research from The University of Warwick has revealed that orangutans, the most arboreal of the…
Early forests did not significantly change the atmospheric CO2, finds paleoclimate modeling study
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged…