MIPT physicists have learned how to locally control Josephson vortices. The discovery can be used for…
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East Africa reels from deadly floods in extreme weather
A powerful climate phenomenon in the Indian Ocean stronger than any seen in years is unleashing…
Study addresses one of the most challenging problems in educational policy and practice
Language proficiency has an important influence on learners’ ability to answer scientific questions a new joint…
Skull dimensions of Dominicans and Haitians differ despite close physical proximity
Forensic anthropologists analyze skeletal remains to establish the biological profile (sex, age, ancestry and stature). While…
Video: Vampire folklore has more chemistry than you'd think
Halloween season wouldn’t be the same without the undead. Click here for original story,…
Disease-causing protein in cystic fibrosis has ancient roots in sea lamprey
The oldest known ortholog of the ion channel that is defective in patients with cystic fibrosis…
Vampire bats give a little help to their 'friends'
Vampire bats could be said to be sort of like people—not because of their blood-sucking ways,…
Status of proteins housing DNA controls how cells maintain identity
The inheritance, not only of DNA, but of changes to proteins that package it, maintains the…
A protein that pulls the brake on nerve growth
During embryonic development, nerve cells form long, thin extensions that wire up the complex network of…
Is Botswana is humanity's ancestral home? Maybe not
A recent paper in thejournal Nature claims to show that modern humans originated about 200,000 years…