Physics explains protein unpredictability

Scientists theorized that they could manipulate a protein one mutation at a time and predict its…

Learning a mother tongue: A universal process?

Specialists in language development in children have studied a traditional population in the Bolivian Amazon, the…

Key to better asparagus identified in evolution of sex chromosomes

Working with an international team of breeders and genome scientists, plant biologists have sequenced the genome…

Gut bacteria linked to age-related conditions

New research shows for the first time that an imbalance in the good and bad bacteria…

Artificial neural networks could power up curation of natural history collections

Fed with new knowledge for centuries, natural history collections contain critical data for many scientific endeavors.…

Nanoscale ‘abacus’ uses pulses of light instead of wooden beads to perform calculations

The quest to develop ever-faster and more powerful computers has led to one of the most…

Co-parenting after the end of a violent marriage: What does the first year look like?

Intimate partner violence is not uncommon among divorcing couples. Whether a woman experienced intimate partner violence…

Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets

Mount Wilson is the site where some of the key discoveries about our galaxy and universe…

A new advanced forensics tool: Recovering erased serial numbers in polymers

Polymers are highly prized by industry and increasingly used as replacements for metals in the manufacture…

How life arose from primordial muck: Experimental evidence overturns accepted theory

Life on Earth originated in an intimate partnership between the nucleic acids (genetic instructions for all…