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U.S. stocks sink again; Dow loses more than 300 points
U.S. blue chip stocks resumed their free fall on Friday, a day after their worst single-day performance in months.
Weeding out inequity in undergraduate chemistry classes
Gatekeeper courses contribute to the diversity challenges chemistry faces. Some professors and institutions are working to change the narrative from one of gatekeepers to one of gateways
Cell-autonomous immunity and the pathogen-mediated evolution of humans
Although immune responses are generated by a complex, hierarchical arrangement of immune system organs, tissues, and components, the unit of the cell has a particularly large effect on disease progression...
Parasite eavesdrops on host to reproduce
Dodder plants wait for host's signal before producing flowers
U.S. stocks sink again; Dow loses more than 500 points
U.S. blue chip stocks resumed their free fall on Friday, a day after their worst single-day performance in months.
Editing Immune Response Could Make Gene Therapy More Effective
Gene therapy generally relies on viruses, such as adeno-associated virus (AAV), to deliver genes into a cell. In case of CRISPR-based gene therapies, molecular scissors can then snip out a...
'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' heading to PS5, Xbox Series X with enhancements
Developer CD Projekt Red announced on Twitter Friday that "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" will be coming to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X with enhancements.
Air pollution renders flower odors unattractive to moths
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and the University of Virginia, USA, has studied the impact of high ozone air pollution...
Fatty acid receptor involved in temperature-induced sex reversal of Japanese medaka fish
A research collaboration based at Kumamoto University (Japan) has found that activation of PPARα, a fatty acid receptor that detects fatty acids in cells and regulates physiological functions, causes masculinization...
Seoul wants to defend North Korea human rights, reports say
South Korea could be turning a new leaf on North Korea human rights after weeks of criticizing defector groups engaging in anti-Pyongyang activism.
Pollination: Air pollution renders flower odors unattractive to moths
Researchers showed that tobacco hawkmoths lost attraction to the scent of their preferred flowers when that scent had been altered by ozone. This oxidizing pollutant thus disturbs the chemical communication...
Inheritance in plants can now be controlled specifically
A new application of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors promises major progress in crop cultivation. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers from the team of molecular biologist Holger Puchta have...
New insights into the global silicon cycle
An international team of researchers has learned more about the global silicon cycle by studying ancient soil samples in Australia. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group...
Coaxing single stem cells into specialized cells
Researchers have developed a unique method for precisely controlling the deposition of hydrogel, which is made of water-soluble polymers commonly used to support cells in experiments or for therapeutic purposes....
Video: Why lime juice burns your skin in the sun
Did you know that making margaritas and then heading to the beach could leave you with a painful, swelling burn?
Nano particles for healthy tissue
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect...
The genetics of blood: A global perspective
To better understand the properties of blood cells, an international team has been examining variations in the DNA of 746,667 people worldwide.
Predators, prey and moonlight singing: How phases of the Moon affect native wildlife
Humans have long been inspired and transfixed by the Moon, and as we're discovering, moonlight can also change the behavior of Australian wildlife.
Coaxing single stem cells into specialized cells
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a unique method for precisely controlling the deposition of hydrogel, which is made of water-soluble polymers commonly used to support cells...
Modeling heat death in fruit flies due to climate change
A team of researchers from Chile, Hungary, and Spain has created a model to show the factors that can result in heat death in multiple species of fruit flies. In...
Older male elephants are important mentors, leaders, study finds
Males elephants were long assumed to be loners, but new research that shows older males — like their female counterparts — play an important role in elephants' complex society.
This parasitic plant eavesdrops on its host to know when to flower
A dodder plant begins its life looking like a tapeworm. The tiny plant, which will never grow leaves or roots, elongates in a spindly spiral. Round and round it swirls, searching for...
Luke Wilson to host ABC's unscripted series, 'Emergency Call'
Luke Wilson is set to host "Emergency Call," ABC's new unscripted series about 911 call takers in the United States.
Paramount to release new edit of 'Godfather: Part III'
Paramount Pictures has announced plans to release a newly edited version of "The Godfather: Part III" timed to the gangster picture's 30th anniversary.
Scientists propose nano-confinement strategy to form sub-nanometer reactors
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are promising in electrocatalysis processes due to their maximum utilization of active species.
Locusts now threatening parts of southern Africa, UN says
Locusts are threatening another part of Africa, with up to 7 million people in the southern region facing further food insecurity, the United Nations said Friday.
Nano particles for healthy tissue
“Eat your vitamins” might be replaced with “ingest your ceramic nano-particles” in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect...
Agents bust international shark finning, drug trafficking ring
A federal prosecutor said agents have busted an international shark finning and drug trafficking conspiracy, resulting in a dozen arrests and the seizure of cash, gold, diamonds, drugs and wildlife.