How plants pass down genetic memories

When organisms pass their genes on to future generations, they include more than the code spelled…

Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer

Due to intensifying sea-ice melting in the Arctic, sunlight is now penetrating deeper and deeper into…

Making the invisible, visible: New method makes mid-infrared light detectable at room temperature

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge have developed a new method…

Scientists use quantum device to slow down simulated chemical reaction 100 billion times

Scientists at the University of Sydney have, for the first time, used a quantum computer to…

Icequakes in Antarctica linked to ocean tides

When the ground rumbles in Antarctica, it may be an icequake—like an earthquake but caused by…

COVID-19 virus is evolving rapidly in white-tailed deer, new research finds

White-tailed deer across Ohio have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, new research has…

Study of African wild dogs suggests they may not survive if temperatures increase by 3°C

A pair of zoologists at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, working with a…

Scientists invent new way to sort cells by type using light

Researchers have developed and demonstrated a new method for high-throughput single-cell sorting that uses stimulated Raman…

New research finds Late Pleistocene glaciations terminated by Earth's axis tilt rather than orbital eccentricity

Glacial cyclicity of the Earth has often been considered on 100,000 year timescales, particularly for the…

New supernova remnant detected with ASKAP

Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), an international team of astronomers has serendipitously detected…