Women with Neanderthal gene give birth to more children

One in three women in Europe inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neanderthals — a gene…

Immune molecule's complex role in Huntington's disease

Knocking out the immune cytokine IL-6 exacerbates symptoms in HD model mice and affects neural connection…

Chromosomal speciation in wild house mice

A new look into the genomes of natural populations of the common house mice by a…

How a protein can inhibit cancer development in mice

In a new study, researchers have discovered how the protein PP2A can inhibit tumor growth in…

Can e-learning help stem the threat of invasive alien species such as Japanese Knotweed?

E-learning could be a crucial tool in the biosecurity fight against invasive alien species such as…

The detective aboard NASA's Perseverance rover

Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction’s best-known detectives will…

The 'Cow' mystery strikes back: Two more rare, explosive events captured

The ‘Cow’ is not alone; with the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in…

Two-dimensional MXene as a novel electrode material for next-generation display

Researchers in the US and Korea reported the first efficient flexible light-emitting diodes with a two-dimensional…

Performing optical logic operations by a diffractive neural network

Optical logical operations have sparked major interest in the past decade since they can enable many…

Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects

Move aside, AT2018COW. There is a new astronomical transient in the universe, and it is faster,…