Just a few swabs from a handful of leaves can say a lot about what animals are roaming in the area. Two dozen leaf swabs [more…]
Cells hidden in the skull may point to a way to detect, diagnose and treat inflamed brains. A detailed look at the skull reveals that [more…]
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A single molecule may play a central role in rejuvenating aging brains, albeit in different ways, new research suggests. Studies of three different techniques for [more…]
Susana López Charretón is among Mexico’s leading virologists. She has been awarded the UNESCO–Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology and the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in [more…]
When Christopher Mazurek realizes he’s dreaming, it’s always the small stuff that tips him off. The first time it happened, Mazurek was a freshman at [more…]
First predicted in 1956, scientists have stumbled upon a massless, neutral particle that does not interact with light, colloquially named the “demon particle”. Researchers say [more…]
Enhanced experimental precision has the potential to either confirm or dispel uncertainties surrounding the Standard Model of Physics. The Standard Model of physics is a [more…]
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Previously unobserved frequency changes in radio signals detected in a black hole binary system could change our understanding of black hole physics. Over a century [more…]
