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Researcher details US biobank's value as global resource in study of roots of disease, health
Just as this country celebrated its 250th birthday, some geneticists were celebrating America, too. At the end of June, the National Institutes of Health announ...
Hidden feeding grounds that fuel one of the ocean's most iconic sportfish identified
Atlantic tarpon are famous for their long-distance migrations, traveling hundreds or even thousands of miles (hundreds to thousands of kilometers) along the Gul...
Rethinking urban nature as technonature
A new Comment article by Simon Marvin, Sophia Maalsen and Robyn Dowling published in the journal Nature Cities argues that urban nature is entering a new phase...
Microplastics reach even 2,000 meters below the ocean surface, study finds
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris...
What does it mean to be 'quantum?' A physicist explains the basics behind Einstein's spooky actions at a distance
Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the light will do: travel in a straight line from one point to another. That seems...
Epigenetic mechanism explains how some plants cope with salt stress
Due to artificial irrigation and rising temperatures, the concentration of salts (including sodium chloride, or "table salt") is increasing in soils worldwide....
Bacteria form 'herds' to survive predators, offering fresh insight into Earth's carbon cycle
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into protective "herds" when attacked by predator...
After traveling a billion kilometers, China's asteroid hunter finally arrives
What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China's Tianwen-2 mission, the answer was a 400-da...
New algorithm improves gene expression marker identification across diverse biological systems
Researchers have developed a new computational approach that enables more accurate selection of genes that characterize different cellular states from mRNA-seq...
A new class of root-dwelling fungi named after the King of Sweden
Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered a completely new fungal species, which they named after the king of Sweden. The species has been given the Lat...
Scientists explain how nucleolus sub-compartments drive ribosome assembly
The nucleolus is a liquid-like cellular organelle where protein factories called ribosomes are assembled. Researchers knew of three distinct compartments within...
Crab-dug tunnels boost methane-eating microbes in coastal wetlands, study finds
Wetlands are a significant producer of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Yet not all of it escapes into the atmosphere. One reason is c...