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Adapting a detector developed for space X-ray observation, researchers have successfully verify strong-field quantum electrodynamics with exotic atoms.

Boreal wetlands are a significant source of isoprene and terpenes, a class of highly reactive organic compounds that have a substantial impact on the Earth’s climate, according to a new study.

There have been heated debates over the size of Jurassic animals. The speculation was set to continue, but now a chance discovery in an Oxfordshire museum has led to palaeontologists publishing a paper on a Jurassic species potentially reaching a whopp…

A tiny flightless midge which has colonized Antarctica’s Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island’s soil ecosystem, a study shows.

Surveying the body sizes of Earth’s living organisms, researchers found that the planet’s biomass — the material that makes up all living organisms — is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size spectrum.

A fossil arthropod entombed in 100-million-year-old Burmese amber has been identified as a new genus and species of froghopper, known today as an insect with prodigious leaping ability in adulthood following a nymphal stage spent covered in a frothy fl…

Around 500 million years ago life in the oceans rapidly diversified. In the blink of an eye — at least in geological terms — life transformed from simple, soft-bodied creatures to complex multicellular organisms with shells and skeletons. Now, resear…

Researchers are embarking on a groundbreaking project to mimic the natural process of photosynthesis using bacteria to deliver electrons to a nanocrystal semiconductor photocatalyst. By leveraging the unique properties of microorganisms and nanomateria…

Over 3,000 generations of laboratory evolution, researchers watched as their model organism, ‘snowflake yeast,’ began to adapt as multicellular individuals. In new research, the team shows how snowflake yeast evolved to be physically stronger and more …

Fecal microbiota transplants are the most effective and affordable treatment for recurrent infections with Clostridioides difficile, an opportunistic bacterium and the most common cause of hospital-acquired intestinal infections. However, attempts to t…

Researchers described the structure of a special type of amyloid beta plaque protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression. Scientists showed the small aggregates of the amyloid beta protein could float through the brain tissue fluid, re…

Comparing individual cells across corn, sorghum, and millet reveals evolutionary differences among these important cereal crops, according to a new study. The findings bring researchers closer to pinpointing which genes control important agricultural t…

Scientists have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldw…

The human reference genome has always been a remarkable but flawed tool. A new ‘pangenome’ aims to correct its oversights and omissions.

Researchers observed exoplanet GJ 1214b’s atmosphere by measuring the heat it emits while orbiting its host star. Astronomers directly detected the light emitted by a sub-Neptune exoplanet — a category of planets that are larger than Earth but smaller…

Rhinoceros belong to a mammalian order called odd-toed ungulates that also include horses and tapirs. They are found in Africa and Asia. Until recently, evidence suggested that throughout their evolutionary history, gamma-retroviruses such as Murine le…