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ISS crew blast off after long quarantine
Traditional fanfare is abandoned as a team head for the International Space Station. Click…
A plant defense metabolite specifically suppresses virulence of pathogenic bacteria
When attacked by pathogenic microbes, plants protect themselves by deploying numerous secondary metabolites inhibitory to the…
Researchers find different evolutionary pathways for two subtypes of contact binaries
Secondary components of W UMa-type contact binaries exhibit an excess in radius and luminosity. Based on…
Risk aversion as a survival strategy in ants
Ants are excellent navigators and always find their way back to the nest. But how do…
Sliding walls – a new paradigm for microfluidic devices
A research team recently developed “sliding walls” as a new technique for fluid control in microfluidic…
Hormone produced in starved leaves stimulates roots to take up nitrogen
Nagoya University researchers have found that in response to the nitrogen demand of leaves, plants produce…
Scientists use the Tokyo Skytree to test Einstein's theory of general relativity
In another verification of the validity of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, published in Nature Photonics,…
Fungus application thwarts major soybean pest, study finds
The soybean cyst nematode sucks the nutrients out of soybean roots, causing more than $1 billion…