How accumulating useful genes helps older yeast fare better in tougher times

Genome amplification, whereby organisms bump up the number of copies of beneficial genes in response to…

Typhoon Kammuri in Philippines – December 2019

Typhoon Kammuri, known locally as Tisoy, made landfall in the southeastern part of Philippines’ Luzon island. …

Detecting solar flares, more in real time

Computers can learn to find solar flares and other events in vast streams of solar images…

Study shows Southern Arizona once looked like Tibet

A University of Wyoming researcher and his colleagues have shown that much of the southwestern United…

NASA catches typhoon Kammuri post landfall

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP or S-NPP satellite provided infrared and night-time imagery of Typhoon Kammuri shortly after…

Detecting solar flares, more in real time

Computers can learn to find flares and other events in vast streams of solar images to…

Southern Arizona once looked like Tibet

A new study determined that the Earth’s crust in southern Arizona was once almost 60 kilometers…

Study sheds light on the peculiar 'normal' phase of high-temperature superconductors

Every character has a back story, and so do high-temperature superconductors, which conduct electricity with no…

Distress tolerance plays role in alcohol use and abuse among firefighters

A newly published report finds that firefighters who struggle with PTSD symptoms, and who think they…

Artificial neurons developed to fight disease

Scientists make artificial nerve cells, paving the way for new ways to repair the human brain. …