Tracing the origin of life

A team of scientists has discovered a new abiotic pathway for the formation of peptide chains…

New land creation on waterfronts increasing, study finds

Humans are artificially expanding cities’ coastlines by extending industrial ports and creating luxury residential waterfronts. Developers…

Fossil discovery reveals complex ecosystems existed on Earth much earlier than previously thought

About 250 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction killed over 80 per cent of the…

HETDEX reveals galaxy gold mine in first large survey

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) announced their first publicly released catalog of astronomical objects.…

2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools

Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human…

Compact, non-mechanical 3D lidar system could make autonomous driving safer

A new system represents the first time that the capabilities of conventional beam-scanning lidar systems have…

Researchers link 27 genetic variants to ADHD

A large international study has identified 27 loci in the human genome with genetic variants that…

Calorie restriction slows pace of aging in healthy adults

In a first of its kind randomized controlled trial an international team of researchers shows that…

Carbon emissions from fertilizers could be reduced by as much as 80% by 2050

Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers, which are responsible…

'Tiny but mighty' gene fragments are crucial for maintaining blood glucose levels

Microexons, tiny fragments of genes that are just 3-27 nucleotides long, are known to play a…