At the University of Copenhagen, researchers have discovered how some types of proteins stabilize damaged DNA…
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Make fungi think they're starving to stop them having sex, say scientists
Tricking fungi into thinking they’re starving could be the key to slowing down our evolutionary arms…
Lend me a flipper: Dolphins and cooperation
Cooperation is one of the most important abilities for any social species. From hunting, breeding, and…
Transforming DNA repair errors into assets
A new bioinformatics tool, MHcut, developed by researchers in Kyoto, Japan, and Montreal, Canada, reveals that…
Advanced cancer drug shrinks and intercalates DNA
Because of the harmful side-effects of chemotherapy, and the increasing resistance to drugs found in many…
Mathematics reveals new insights into Marangoni flows
The Marangoni effect is a popular physics experiment. It is produced when an interface between water…
Development of mass production equipment for thin magnetic ribbon, minimizing energy-loss
JST announces that enterprise-led development of production equipment for ultra-low loss nano crystal ribbon, supported through…
Video: Gaia astronomical revolution
Launched in December 2013, the Gaia mission is revolutionizing our understanding of the Milky Way. The…
Researchers transmit energy with laser in 'historic' power-beaming demonstration
It was the second day of a three-day-long tech demonstration at the David Taylor Model Basin…
Image: A ghost in the Pleiades
This ghostly image shows what can happen when an interstellar cloud passes too close to a…