NASA Astrobiology Letter to the Community

NASA Astrobiology Letter to the Community Click here for original story, NASA Astrobiology Letter…

ITU launches the ‘G5 Benchmark’, a ‘gold standard’ for collaboration among regulators and policy-makers

Information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming more prevalent, embedded in many sectors and systems beyond…

Genetic variation not an obstacle to gene drive strategy to control mosquitoes

New research from entomologists clears a potential obstacle to using CRISPR-Cas9 ‘gene drive’ technology to control…

Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease

Researchers discovered that ACOX1 is involved in two distinct neurodegenerative disorders. Click here for…

Scents regulate fat storage without affecting eating behavior

Researchers discovered that, in the lab worm C. elegans, certain scents dynamically regulate fat mobilization by…

Climate-driven megadrought is emerging in western US, says study

A new study says a megadrought worse than anything known from recorded history is very likely…

Gas storage method could help next-generation clean energy vehicles

A Northwestern University research team has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface…

Study finds evidence for existence of elusive 'metabolon'

For more than 40 years, scientists have hypothesized the existence of enzyme clusters, or ‘metabolons,’ in…

Researchers get important glimpse into microbiome development in early life

A team of researchers has characterized how the gut microbiome develops in the first hours of…

Whole genome sequencing reveals genetic structural secrets of schizophrenia

Scientists have conducted the largest-ever whole genome sequencing study of schizophrenia to provide a more complete…