New research shows that castration of male sheep delays aging of DNA compared to intact males

Most of us are familiar with the fact that women live longer than men. But fellas,…

Innovation massively expands view into workings of single cells

Researchers have devised a way to multiply by more than ten-fold the accessible details of gene…

ARRL Monitoring as Tropical Storm Elsa Nears Florida Peninsula

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARESĀ®) volunteers are preparing to act, if needed, as Tropical Storm Elsa…

Identifying sources of dirt for criminal investigations

Scientists have taken the first steps in developing a new method of identifying the movements of…

Ancient diamonds show Earth was primed for life's explosion at least 2.7 billion years ago

A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic chemical composition of the Earth’s…

Machine learning cracks the oxidation states of crystal structures

Chemical elements make up pretty much everything in the physical world. As of 2016, we know…

Some urban commuters have no choice but to take their car

An EPFL study shows that suburban commuters do not necessarily take environmental concerns into account when…

Planting trees in Europe could lead to more rainfall

A combined team of researchers from ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science and Newcastle…

Epsilon variant mutations contribute to COVID immune evasion

New studies reveal an unprecedented mechanism behind the loss of antibody neutralization against this pandemic coronavirus…

The heart of a lunar sensor

Image: The heart of the Exospheric Mass Spectrometer (EMS) is visible in this image of the…