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Experiment sets new record in search for dark matter
LZ’s central detector, the time projection chamber, in a surface lab clean room before delivery underground. Credit: Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground ...
Discovery of a hidden epigenetic clock in mitochondria reveals a ‘lifespan limit line’
N6-methyladenine levels in the C. elegans mitochondrial genome gradually increase with age. (A) The 6mA progressively accumulates at different mtDNA ...
Study suggests fossil record gaps not a major issue
The outcome of simulating carbonate platforms in the stratigraphic domain. A Scenario A: deposition based on a fictional sea-level curve. ...
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
Two representative theropod tracks from the Koum Basin in northern Cameroon. Credit: SMU An international team of researchers led by ...
Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California’s Mono Lake
A colony of choanoflagellates stained to show its features. Cyan indicates DNA—the doughnut-shaped DNA of the choanoflagellate cells and a ...
Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, study shows
Loose fitting clothing lets through less IR. Credit: DeBeaubien and Chandel et al. While a mosquito bite is often no ...
Mathematicians unlock the secrets of ouzo’s cloudy transformation
The ouzo phase diagram. The full figure legend can be found in the corresponding journal paper. Mathematicians at Loughborough University ...
Mitochondria are flinging their DNA into our brain cells, study shows
Mitochondria release segments of mitochondrial DNA that can travel through pores of the nucleus and integrate into a cell’s chromosomes ...
Deviations in particle interactions point to the existence of new bosons
The detector in the Atlas experiment in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Credit: CERN Professors Andreas Crivellin of the ...
For first time, DNA tech offers both data storage and computing functions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from North Carolina State University and Johns Hopkins University have demonstrated a technology capable of ...
