Scientists have discovered a new technique that will shed light on the phenomena of winter monsoons—the…
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Genetically modifying individual cells in animals
One proven method for tracking down the genetic causes of diseases is to knock out a…
Archaeologists discover world's oldest wooden structure
Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made…
Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull
A 455-million-year-old fossil fish provides a new perspective on how vertebrates evolved to protect their brains,…
Alarming results from world-first study of two decades of global smoke pollution
The world’s first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over…
Spider silk is spun by silkworms for the first time, offering a green alternative to synthetic fibers
Scientists in China have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher…
Research team reveals new results of bottom sediments and subsea permafrost temperatures in the Russian Arctic shelf
A research team from the Petroleum Center at Skoltech and other institutions continues a series of…
Proboscideans of the Hammerschmiede, contemporaries of the first upright ape
Today, there exist only three elephant species, in Africa and Asia. Yet the diversity of proboscidean…
Coral colony size, shape impact marine complexity, health
Every curve and every angle of a coral colony holds the key to sustaining an array…
Supercomputer simulation tackles problem of drug-resistant bacteria
A first-ever, atom-by-atom supercomputer simulation shows how antibiotics kill bacteria and illustrates other processes of the…