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Can we harness a plant's ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?
Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as…
Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey
A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey…
Clean Air Act saved 1.5 billion birds, study shows
U.S. pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes…
Novel chemical process a first step to making nuclear fuel with fire
Developing safe and sustainable fuels for nuclear energy is an integral part of Los Alamos National…
CRISPRi screens reveal sources of metabolic robustness in E.coli
Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not…
MOXIE Could Help Future Rockets Launch Off Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover carries a device to convert Martian air into oxygen that, if…
Machine learning: A breakthrough in the study of stellar nurseries
Artificial intelligence can make it possible to see astrophysical phenomena that were previously beyond reach. Astronomers…
Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections
Researchers used a variety of advanced drug screening techniques to test out more than 10,000 compounds…
How an infectious tumor in Tasmanian devils evolved as it spread
A transmissible cancer in the Tasmanian devil has evolved over the past two decades, with some…