Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide

A team of Clemson University scientists has achieved a breakthrough in the genetics of senescence in…

Satellites analyzing developing gulf potential Tropical Cyclone Two

A massive complex of thunderstorms over the southeastern United States slid into the northeastern Gulf of…

No more trial-and-error when choosing an electrolyte for metal-air batteries

Metal-air batteries have been pursued as a successor to lithium-ion batteries due to their exceptional gravimetric…

Theory explains ferromagnetic superconductor behavior

Researchers from France and Russia have offered a theoretical explanation for the behavior of a recently…

Secrets of a sex-changing fish revealed

We may take it for granted that the sex of an animal is established at birth…

Caterpillars turn anti-predator defense against sticky toxic plants

A moth caterpillar has evolved to use acids, usually sprayed at predators as a deterrent, to…

Origin of life insight: peptides can form without amino acids

Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors…

Neural sleep patterns emerged at least 450 million years ago, researchers find

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that neural signatures in sleeping zebrafish…

Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface

The goal of the research, published July 11 in the journal Nature, was to engineer artificial…

Modeling early meteorite impacts on the moon

As our solar system was forming nearly four and a half billion years ago, a planet-sized…