Giving up on photosynthesis: How a borrowed bacterial gene allows some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet
A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...
What Britons and Europeans really think about immigration—new analysis
When we hear about immigration from politicians and media across Europe, the story is almost always negative. In some ...
When farmers and scientists collaborate, biodiversity and agriculture can thrive: Here's how
The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland, is famous for its distinctive limestone habitat, coastal landscape, rich wildlife ...
Efficient self-assembly enhances self-healing in advanced siloxane materials
Polysiloxane materials, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based elastomers, exhibit a self-healing capability by the ...
Live-cell labeling sheds light on how our DNA is packed and behaves in cells
A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...
Hidden virus harbored by fruit flies may influence experimental accuracy
Researchers have revealed that the presence of Nora virus in fruit flies can increase their sensitivity to bacterial ...
Food and fuel that farms itself: Genome sequences of five duckweed species reveal basis for unique plant traits
Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's ...
Dogs see their world through smell, and scientists are starting to translate it like never before
Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs ...
Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world's economy, new analysis reveals
The damage climate change will inflict on the world's economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to ...
Cannabis retail expansion in Canada came with only a small uptick in the number of consumers
Ever since recreational cannabis was legalized across Canada in 2018, researchers have been studying what that decision ...
Vincent van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' is not a masterpiece when it comes to flow physics, researchers say
The Dutch master Vincent van Gogh may have painted one of Western history's most enduring works, but "The Starry Night" is ...
Using tranquilizers on racehorses is ethically questionable and puts horses and riders at risk
Australia's horse racing industry is in the spotlight after recent allegations of tranquilizer use on horses so they can be ...