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Computational model extends the study of nanostructures beyond classic layered systems
Since the production of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional materials have been sparking scientific and technological interest. As they are only a few atomic laye...
Rice plants can fight off devastating disease after gene editing with AI-designed tool
University of Missouri researchers have created rice plants that resist bacterial blight, a devastating disease that threatens one of the world's most important...
Ancient Ecuadorian genomes reveal 1,500 years of genetic continuity along Pacific coast
Ancient genomes from coastal Ecuador reveal 1,500 years of genetic continuity in an understudied part of the ancient world. John Lindo and colleagues sequenced...
What makes us human? Researchers compare brain development in humans and great apes
How did the human brain become so much larger than that of our closest evolutionary relatives? Part of the answer lies not in new genes, but in how humans and n...
Autonomous rendezvous system overcomes simulated spacecraft failures in lab tests
There is a problem in low Earth orbit, and it's growing. According to the European Space Agency, there are about 19,440 satellites on orbit, 3,540 of which are...
Cooperation in fish: Study reveals a social complexity seen mainly in birds, mammals
In some group-living animals, individuals other than the parents help care for offspring. This breeding system, known as cooperative breeding, is thought to hav...
Reusable palladium catalyst enables more direct chemical synthesis
Making complex molecules often means joining smaller chemical building blocks together, a process facilitated by catalysts, compounds that make such reactions p...
How native stingless bees are helping to combat antimicrobial resistance
New research from the University of Sydney expands the potential medicinal benefits of honey and propolis (the plant resin and beeswax mixture bees use to build...
New biodiversity framework estimates what landscapes could support, not just what lives there
A flower strip is established along the edge of a field. A wetland is restored. More seminatural habitats are created. The expectation is simple: give nature mo...
GenoBridge streamlines plant trait prediction with a simplified genomic analysis pipeline
The rapid increase in the availability of genomic data has transformed plant breeding by enabling the prediction of complex traits directly from DNA markers. Ge...
SPINE: A machine-learning program is on the trail of ghost particles
Neutrinos are among the most abundant particles in the universe, but they are also among the most elusive. Nearly massless, they are produced by nuclear reactio...
Scientists discover hidden weaknesses in microtubules stabilized by a cancer drug
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University have discovered that tiny structural defects can trigger the breakdown of mi...