A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs…
New research on PDS 70b, a forming exoplanet located approximately 400 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, suggests that prevailing…
Phase separation, when molecules part like oil and water, works alongside oxygen diffusion to help memristors -- electrical components that…
The international NOvA collaboration presented new results at the Neutrino 2024 conference in Milan, Italy, on June 17. The collaboration…
The innate immune system is responsible for protecting the human body from threats that could cause disease or infection. The…
A team of international scientists, including Virginia Tech entomologist Warren Booth, have solved the 250-year-old origin puzzle of the most…
Researchers who want to bridge the divide between biology and technology spend a lot of time thinking about translating between…
When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were…
Plant genomics has come a long way since Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) helped sequence the first plant genome. But…
A 280-million-year-old fossil that has baffled researchers for decades has been shown to be, in part, a forgery following new…