Scientists uncover the intricacies of the 'on/off switch' that creates cell differentiation

A team of biologists has discovered how cells become different from each other during embryogenesis, a…

Over a century of Arctic sea ice volume reconstructed with help from historic ships' logs

A new study provides a 110-year record of the total volume of Arctic sea ice, using…

PIA22839: ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought

           Target: Earth Mission:  ECOSTRESS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Click here for original story, PIA22839:…

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…