Plants use their roots to search for water. While the main root digs downwards, a large…
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New quasiparticle unveiled in room temperature semiconductors
Physicists from Switzerland and Germany have unveiled fingerprints of the long-sought particle known as the Mahan…
How plants in the cabbage family look inward when sulfur is scarce
New research from Kyushu University in Japan provides a better understanding of how chemicals thought to…
Discovery brings nanoscale thermal switches needed for next-gen computing
Researchers working on an Army project developed nanoscale thermal switches that are key to thermal management…
Invasive species that threaten biodiversity on the Antarctic Peninsula are identified
Invasive species are non-native ones that are introduced into a new habitat and are able to…
Polar bears in Baffin Bay skinnier, having fewer cubs due to less sea ice
Polar bears are spending more time on land than they did in the 1990s due to…
Hackers could shut down satellites–or turn them into weapons
Last month, SpaceX became the operator of the world’s largest active satellite constellation. As of the…
Right beneath the skin we all have the same bacteria
In the dermis skin layer, the same bacteria are found across age and gender. This has…
Girls consistently outperform boys in reading skills—but this could be changing
Girls consistently outperform boys on reading tests – and have done so for several decades around…
Marvelous mycorrhizae: The fungal networks that boost food production
It’s the end of a long, dry growing season. The earth is parched, soils have turned…