Lignin, a chief component of cell walls in plants, is naturally degraded in the soil. Identifying…
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Climate change drives rise in extreme lake water temperatures
The world’s largest lakes are hit by severe lake heat waves—when water temperatures soar far above…
Researchers create largest ever human family tree
Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute have taken a major step towards mapping…
How are proteins sorted in the cell? Research team solves this decade-old puzzle
Researchers solve the more than 25-year-old puzzle of how proteins are sorted in the cell. A…
Chemical synthesis yields potential antibiotic
Chemists at MIT have developed a novel way to synthesize himastatin, a natural compound that has…
Improvements in the material that converts X-rays into light could allow a tenfold signal enhancement
Scintillators are materials that emit light when bombarded with high-energy particles or X-rays. In medical or…
Federal agency: Bird flu detected in backyard Michigan flock
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in Michigan in a non-commercial backyard…
Open sourced control hardware for quantum computers
The Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has open sourced a…
NASA is helping fly drones in the Arctic. Here's what that means for sea ice and sea level change
They’ve delivered groceries and performed light shows at the Olympics. But in the unforgiving Arctic climate,…
Study reveals space use, movement of bighorn sheep in Nebraska
In the Nebraska Panhandle, where the flatlands of the state’s eastern expanse occasionally give way to…