Tobacco plant 'stickiness' aids helpful insects, plant health

Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that “sticky” hairlike structures on tobacco leaves can…

NASA's MMS finds first interplanetary shock

The Magnetospheric Multiscale mission—MMS—has spent the past four years using high-resolution instruments to see what no…

Back-to-back low snow years will become more common, study projects

Consecutive low snow years may become six times more common across the Western United States over…

ATLAS delivers new direct measurement of the top-quark decay width with improved precision

As the heaviest known particle, the top quark plays a key role in studies of fundamental…

Live mitochondria seen in unprecedented detail: photobleaching in STED microscopy overcome

Light microscopy is the only way in which we can look inside a living cell, or…

Fewer cows, more trees and bioenergy

Combatting global warming will require major changes in land use, a new climate change report says.…

Studies of fungi provide new knowledge of harmful mutations in cells

Long-lived mushrooms that grow in ‘fairy rings’ accumulate surprisingly few mutations over time. This finding indicates…

Protein factors increasing yield of a biofuel precursor in microscopic algae

As an alternative to traditional fossil fuels, biofuels represent a more environmentally friendly and sustainable fuel…

Using recent gene flow to define microbe populations

Identifying species among plants and animals has been a full-time occupation for some biologists, but the…

Researchers to study physics of underwater walking

Around 360 million years ago, creatures trekked out of the water and onto dry land, becoming…