Researchers identify peptides for pollen tube growth in rice

Double fertilization is a complex mechanism in flowering plants, wherein two sperm cells fuse with the…

Koala conservation heats up: Drones used to thermally detect animals

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala…

Micropatch algorithm improves ground-to-spacecraft software update efficiency

Southwest Research Institute developed an algorithm to remotely update and repair spacecraft software using less time…

Effectiveness of video gameplay restrictions questioned in new study

Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games…

Bringing ultrafast physics to structural biology reveals the dance of molecular 'coherence' in unprecedented clarity

How molecules change when they react to stimuli such as light is fundamental in biology, for…

Unveiling the tale of Tutcetus, the 'pharaoh' of whales who died young 41 million years ago

An international team of scientists, led by Egyptian researchers, has made a groundbreaking discovery of a…

New evidence suggests the world's largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia

In recent research published by myself and my colleague Tony Yeates in the journal Tectonophysics, we…

New paleoaltimetry research questions assumptions about the formation of the Himalayas

Mountain ranges play a key role in global climate, altering weather and shaping the flora and…

Turning ChatGPT into a 'chemistry assistant'

Developing new materials requires significant time and labor, but some chemists are now hopeful that artificial…

Replication of prior studies fails to find purported evidence of magnetic sensing in fruit flies

A team of neurosensory researchers from the University of Oxford, Universität Oldenburg and the University of…