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The long and short of a supergene for efficient pollination
Scientists have solved the century-old mystery of a supergene that causes efficient cross-pollination in flowers. The…
Machine learning model can evaluate the effectiveness of management strategies for wildfire prevention
Wildfires are a growing threat in a world shaped by climate change. Now, researchers at Aalto…
Team investigates sex-determination mechanisms in birds
Scientists have known that sex-determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body’s reproductive cells,…
NASA's AIRS instrument records Typhoon Hinnamnor before landfall
NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite captured imagery of Typhoon Hinnamnor in…
Key protein relevant for viral infection and hereditary disease discovered
The starting point of the research was the search for host factors, that are necessary for…
Molecular makeover makes wimpy antibody a SARS-CoV-2 tackler
Like the Roadrunner outwitting Wile E. Coyote, SARS-CoV-2 (the infectious virus responsible for COVID-19) keeps mutating,…
Searching for maser emissions in the Sagittarius stellar stream
Maser emissions, “cosmic lasers” from interstellar and circumstellar medium, are produced by the amplification of stimulated…
Light-sensitive molecule helps marine animals synchronize their reproductive cycle
How animals are able to interpret natural light sources to adjust their physiology and behavior is…
Building scaffolds using exotic elements: Research team succeeds in creating novel metal-organic frameworks
After their discovery 25 years ago, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) quickly gained the aura of a “miracle…