Dying stars that cast off their outer envelopes to form the beautiful yet enigmatic “planetary nebulae”…
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Broad Institute researchers use novel field-ready CRISPR platform to detect plant genes
SHERLOCK technology is a new CRISPR-based platform that is rapid and portable and enables detection and…
Calibration method improves scientific research performed with smartphone cameras
Although smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications, it’s difficult to compare…
Clouds dominate uncertainties in predicting future Greenland melt
New research led by climate scientists from the University of Bristol suggests that the representation of…
Researchers provide new evidence on the reliability of climate modeling
For decades, scientists studying a key climate phenomenon have been grappling with contradictory data that have…
Targeting individual atoms
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most important methods of physicochemical analysis. It…
Widely available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of 'superbug' MRSA
Some MRSA infections could be tackled using widely-available antibiotics, suggests new research from an international collaboration…
Ancient intervention could boost dwindling water reserves in coastal Peru
Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains, Peru’s coastal region relies on surface water…
Roads and deforestation explode in the Congo basin
Logging roads are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin, leading to catastrophic collapses in animal populations…
Improved single-cell ATAC-seq method scales up research into how genes are controlled
Scientists at Harvard University, collaborating with researchers at Bio-Rad Laboratories, have developed a new platform for…