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Expert discusses the truth about plastic
Plastic continues to make big news, especially in Connecticut where a single-use plastic bag fee took…
Shocking rate of plant extinctions in South Africa
Over the past 300 years, 79 plants have been confirmed extinct from three of the world’s…
Maximum mass of lightest neutrino revealed using astronomical big data
Neutrinos come in three flavours made up of a mix of three neutrino masses. While the…
High-precision technique stores cellular 'memory' in DNA
Using a technique that can precisely edit DNA bases, MIT researchers have created a way to…
Atacama Desert microbes may hold clues to life on Mars
Microbial life on Mars may potentially be transported across the planet on dust particles carried by…
Early life on Earth limited by enzyme
The enzyme-nitrogenase-can be traced back to the universal common ancestor of all cells more than four…
A single gene determines whether a fly has a good sense of sight or a good sense of smell
Trade-offs in the sizes of visual and olfactory organs are a common feature of animal evolution,…
Materials scientists build a synthetic system with compartments like real cells
Polymer chemists and materials scientists have achieved some notable advances that mimic Nature, but one of…
Researchers reveal plant defense toolkit and insights for fighting crop diseases
At an unprecedented scale, researchers have now cataloged the array of surveillance tools that plants use…