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Tiny plankton shells used to reconstruct past polar ocean temperatures may contain two different chemical stories, a new study by iC3 researchers has...
Extracellular vesicles, or EVs, are tiny membrane-bound particles released by nearly all cells. They carry proteins, RNA, lipids, and other biological...
As rain falls, lurking within stormwater runoff are hidden microplastics, polluting the water sources they drain into. Even though microplastics origi...
Brands and retailers could increase their sales by simply using more transparent packaging for desirable items, according to new research co-authored...
As the spread of infectious diseases accelerates, technologies that can accurately distinguish multiple viruses in a single test are becoming increasi...
An international research team has achieved an important milestone for astrophysics at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt: In the CRYRING@ESR storage ring, scienti...
The old maxim "location, location, location" may be as important in the social media landscape as it is in real estate. When a social media post about...
Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny organs, or organelles, to c...
When a gene is turned on in a cell, it creates a ripple effect along the DNA strand, changing the physical structure of the strand. A new study by MIT...
How do our genes determine our appearance and our susceptibility to disease? This question is central to biomedical research, and today we can sequenc...
Though it's largely a hereditary trait, siblings often grow to be different heights. But even if they end up topping out at the same stature, they may...
Researchers at Yale, Google, and the University of California-Santa Barbara have created a device that simulates the quantum "tunneling" behavior of p...
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