Researchers create double-haploid watermelon plants via in vivo, seed-based haploid induction system

Generating haploid plants for the purpose of obtaining pure double haploid (DH) lines is widely recognized…

Team finds plastic-associated metalloids in the urban river environments of Mongolia

A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how microplastics in the environment accumulate…

Light-activated molecular machines get cells 'talking'

One of the main ways cells “talk” to each other to coordinate essential biological activities such…

Addressing justice in wildfire risk management

The frequency and severity of wildfires have become increasingly alarming in recent years, substantially due to…

Researchers devise new quantum photonics technique to create better holograms

By enabling the recording and reconstruction of faint light beams containing a single particle of light,…

Researchers discover photonic snake states, a new instrument for unveiling the secrets of light

Light, with its countless colors, is one of the wonders of nature. To truly understand what…

Unraveling the hidden growth of mineral dendrites

An international research team involving scientists from the University of Vienna, the Faculty of Physics of…

SuFEx as a new generation of click chemistry: Synthesis and development of linkers

Organosulfur(VI) fluoride compounds display excellent chemical stability, and yet can efficiently realize diverse linkages via the…

How group hunting works in the open ocean

A team of behavioral ecologists from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)…

DNA-repair protein complex is a shapeshifter, reconfiguring itself to meet the demands of each task

Transcription factor IIH, or TFIIH, pronounced “TF two H,” is a veritable workhorse among the protein…