Climate change: Worst emissions scenario 'misleading'

Scientists should stop using the very worst predictions for carbon emissions, a study suggests. …

Watching bat coronaviruses with next-generation sequencing

In late 2019, a mysterious coronavirus—now called 2019-nCoV—began making people sick in Wuhan, China. Now the…

Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar

The consumption of sugar is a fundamental source of fuel in most living organisms. In the…

Molecular machine tears toxic protein clumps apart

How do cells disentangle proteins that are clumped together? Researchers from AMOLF in Amsterdam and Heidelberg…

A host's genes likely influence the spread of antibiotic resistance

In the gastrointestinal tract of host animals, bacteria can exchange the genes responsible for antibiotic resistance…

Quantum logic spectroscopy unlocks potential of highly charged ions

Scientists from the PTB and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), both Germany, have…

Understanding how cells defend their genome against invaders

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have uncovered more details about the tiny defenders that ensure…

NASA Seeks Input on New ‘Tech Flights’ Solicitation that Allows for Human-tended Suborbital Payloads

NASA Seeks Input on New ‘Tech Flights’ Solicitation that Allows for Human-tended Suborbital Payloads …

Figuring out what the Milky Way looks like is akin to a murder mystery

How can we get a picture of the whole Milky Way if we are inside it?…

Swing feel in jazz music: The role of temporal fluctuations

In 1931, Duke Ellington and Irving Mills even dedicated a song to the phenomenon of swing…