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Using mass spectrometry to isolate guanine-rich DNA ions
A team of researchers at Université de Bordeaux has developed a way to use mass spectrometry to isolate guanine-rich DNA ions. In their paper published in the journal Science, the...
The evolution of the synapse
Among the most easily recognizable features of any nervous system is the synapse. While the question of how synapses evolved has been a longstanding mystery, it can now largely be...
COVID-19 not yet identified in North American bats, Alberta expert says
A bat expert in Alberta says biologists are still concerned that bat populations in North America could contract COVID-19.
Lynn named opening day starter for Texas Rangers over Kluber, Minor
Veteran right-hander Lance Lynn was named the Texas Rangers' opening day starter over left-hander Mike Minor and former AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber.
Mass spec and circular dichroism combination can analyze biomolecule chirality
Gas-phase CD spectra resemble solution-phase spectra
Bizarre saber-tooth predator from South America was no saber-tooth cat
A new study led by researchers from the University of Bristol has shown that not all saber-tooths were fearsome predators.
MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa
An international collaboration between researchers at Harvard University and Yunnan University in China uses microCT to study and restudy arthropod fossils from the early Cambrian in the Chengjiang biota in...
Weissman Preservation Center celebrates 20th anniversary
Twenty years ago, you might have found Debora Mayer at her worktable in Harvard’s campus center, bent over a fragile 17th-century drawing. She would be carefully marking a photocopy of the drawing, recording...
Paul Alivisatos named 2021 Priestley Medalist
UC Berkeley researcher honored for pioneering work in nanomaterials and service to the science community
Watch: Mountain lion removed from crawl space under California home
A mountain lion spotted wandering a California city for four days was captured Thursday morning when it took shelter in a home's crawl space.
Countries with early adoption of face masks showed modest COVID-19 infection rates
Regions with an early interest in face masks had milder COVID-19 epidemics, experts say.
Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell step down from biracial voice roles
Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell announced on Instagram they will no longer voice biracial characters on "Big Mouth" and "Central Park."
Big-boned marsupial unearths evolution of wombat burrowing behavior
The discovery of a new species of ancient marsupial, named Mukupirna nambensis, is reported this week in Scientific Reports. The anatomical features of the specimen, which represents one of the...
Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor
Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean.
Still divided, North, South Korea mark 70th anniversary of start of war
North and South Korea commemorated the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War on Thursday, with ceremonies and speeches recalling a devastating conflict that left millions of soldiers...
Bringing burnt bones back to 'life' using 3D technology
Forensic scientists have discovered a new way of presenting fragile evidence, by reconstructing a 'jigsaw' of human bone fragments using 3D printing. In the first known study of its kind,...
Turn an old spoon into a fishing lure that’ll catch almost anything
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Tiny japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble cretaceous ecosystem
When most of us think of dinosaurs, we envision large, lumbering beasts, but these giants shared their ecosystems with much smaller dinosaurs, the smaller skeletons of which were generally less...
Women divers of South Korea swim into America’s imagination
The female divers of a small South Korean island are winning the hearts and minds of American writers and filmmakers, even as their way of life slowly disappears amid modernity's...
WWE NXT: Keith Lee defends title against Finn Balor, Johnny Gargano
NXT North American Champion Keith Lee defended his title against Finn Balor and Johnny Gargano in the main event of WWE NXT.
San Antonio Spurs sign free agent Tyler Zeller for rest of season
The San Antonio Spurs signed free-agent big man Tyler Zeller for the remainder of the season.
Oklahoma City Thunder re-sign Luguentz Dort ahead of Orlando restart
The Oklahoma City Thunder gave guard Luguentz Dort a multiyear contract extension, the team announced Wednesday.
How an Indian slum became an unlikely COVID-19 success story
Mass screenings and quarantines have helped contain the coronavirus in Dharavi, home to 1 million people.
Jeremy Christian sentenced to life in prison in Portland, Ore., train murders
A judge on Wednesday sentenced Jeremy Christian to spend the rest of his life in prison without parole after he was convicted in the murders of two passengers on a...
Both the famous Hope diamond and British Crown Jewel diamonds, may be "super-deep"
An analysis of the first large diamonds confirmed to come from deep under the Earth's surface supports initial predictions showing that the Smithsonian's famous Hope diamond may be "super deep,"...
Ring lost on Florida beach found in the sand 18 years later
A Georgia woman who lost her class ring on a Florida beach in 2002 has the ring back on her finger after a man with a metal detector found it...
Fossil discoveries suggest the earliest dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs
Eggs from the earliest dinosaurs were more like leathery turtle eggs than rigid bird eggs. Studies of fossilized embryos from two kinds of dinosaurs, one from early in dinosaur history and the other...
Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows
Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the air. Yet while they share these characteristics, these little birds often look slightly...