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The search space for protein engineering grows exponentially with complexity. A protein of just 100 amino acids has 20100 possible variants—more combi...
Scientists have long sought to understand why some plants are fragrant powerhouses while others remain subtle. Now, a research team from the Hebrew Un...
Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell divis...
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature a...
Strong social networking plays an important role in human relationships. New research on female red deer shows that those bonds are also crucial for t...
That the universe is expanding has been known for almost a hundred years now, but how fast? The exact rate of that expansion remains hotly debated, ev...
DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning organism also requires p...
A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female meiosis—the process by which germ...
Many physicists are searching for a triplet superconductor. Indeed, we could all do with one, although we may not know it yet—or understand why. Tripl...
A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human evolution. By integrating t...
Storms that recently ravaged Britain's coastline have revealed 2,000-year-old footprints on an Angus beach—one of only a handful of locations in the U...
Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on...
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