A research group led by Erin Boettcher of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has detected and characterized…
Month: July 2017
An evolutionary breakpoint in cell division
Japanese researchers from Osaka University have discovered that the interaction between two proteins, M18BP1/KNL2 and CENP-A,…
Development of novel electron microscopy techniques to extract obscured information on material properties
NIMS researchers Bo Da (researcher at the RCAMC and the CMI2, MaDIS) and Hideki Yoshikawa (leader…
Modeling leads to a better understanding of the role El Niño plays in increasing rainfall along the Red Sea coast
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has been shown, for the first time, to play a…
Same-race friends, peers tied to puberty-related outcomes among black girls
Girls who develop early are better adjusted when their friends are on a similar timeframe for…
Solar eclipse a chance to study life’s resilience
On August 21, as North America experiences its first total eclipse of the Sun in 38…
Clarifiying complex chemical processes with quantum computers
Science and the IT industry have high hopes for quantum computing, but descriptions of possible applications…
Smarter electrification—providing energy isn’t enough
Four years ago life in Pulau Bau, a village on a tiny island off North Maluku…
Researchers re-classify mistaken-identity mushrooms
Some discoveries come from the stars – and some from beneath our feet.
Half the atoms inside your body came from across the universe
Intergalactic winds carry gas and dust from one galaxy to the next, bringing half of the…