Genetics of attraction: Mate choice in fruit flies

Genetic quality or genetic compatibility? What do female fruit flies prioritize when mating? Researchers show that…

Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe

In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that…

Engineering study employs deep learning to explain extreme events

At the core of uncovering extreme events such as floods is the physics of fluids –…

A hygiene program for chromosomes

Researchers identified and characterized a new cellular compartment in vertebrate cells termed chr(’39’)exclusomechr(’39’) that might be a…

Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington's disease

A chloroplast enzyme safeguards plants against pathological protein aggregation that causes Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.…

Sustainable protection of rapidly subsiding coastlines with mangroves

Along the Asian coast lines there are many areas where rural communities experience alarming rates of…

Distributed workload in the fly brain

To distinguish motion patterns, a neuronal computation is performed three times in a row. …

Climate and human land use both play roles in Pacific island wildfires past and present

It’s long been understood that human settlement contributes to conditions that make Pacific Islands more susceptible…

A more effective experimental design for engineering a cell into a new state

A new machine-learning approach helps scientists more efficiently identify the optimal intervention to achieve a certain…

Researchers studied thousands of fertility attempts hoping to improve IVF

By genetically testing nearly one thousand embryos, scientists have provided the most detailed analysis of embryo…