Butanol in latex paint detected by mass spectrometry technology

According to a study published in Journal of Chromatography A, using fast gas chromatography proton transfer…

New abortion laws face COVID-19 and resourcing hurdles

Even before the pandemic, access to safe abortion was unequal in South Australia. Now Flinders University…

NOAA tool now brings disaster risk, vulnerability down to community level

A comprehensive update to NOAA’s Billion Dollar Disasters mapping tool now includes U.S. census tract data—providing…

Video: 'Mapping' the body with single-cell RNA sequencing

While nearly every cell in the body contains identical genetic instructions packaged in DNA, there is…

Speed limits for quantum phenomena have been extended to macro-sized objects

An expression for the maximum speed at which changes in macroscopic systems can occur has been…

A key process in asymmetric cell division preserves the immortality of the germline

During cell division, chromosomes are replicated into two copies—one for each daughter cell. These copies, called…

Early exposure to fluctuating water availability can promote plant resilience

Early exposure to fluctuating water availability can alter a plants adaptability in later life stages but…

Heat waves thawing Arctic permafrost

In the northernmost region of the earth the arctic permafrost is melting at an accelerated rate.…

A 'nano-robot' built entirely from DNA to explore cell processes

Constructing a tiny robot from DNA and using it to study cell processes invisible to the…

Infrared spectra of highly positively charged C60 fullerenes and their relevance to unidentified infrared emission

Is there now at long last some plausible theoretical basis for the molecular origins and carriers…