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Study finds gender pay gap in large government agency
The study sought to describe and explain gender pay differences in the U.S. Department of Health…
How plants leave behind their parents' genomic baggage
Passing down a healthy genome is a critical part of creating viable offspring. But what happens…
Not all theories can explain the black hole M87*
As first pointed out by the German astronomer Karl Schwarzschild, black holes bend space-time to an…
Survival of migrating juvenile salmon depends on stream flow thresholds
Juvenile salmon migrating to the sea in the Sacramento River face a gauntlet of hazards in…
Understanding light-activated proteins in order to improve them
Today, proteins that can be controlled with light are a widely used tool in research to…
Opening up possibilities with open-top optofluidic device
Microfluidic technologies have seen great advances over the past few decades in addressing applications such as…
The entire genome from Peştera Muierii 1 sequenced
For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera…
The Arctic: key things to know
The Arctic, whose bordering countries met in Reykjavik on Thursday, is on the frontlines of global…
Arctic warming three times faster than the planet, report warns
The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster…