Macroscopic views of fiducial markers consisting of CSRs with near-infrared (columns 1–2) and near-UV (columns 3–4) retroreflection, respectively, as seen by a camera that records across the visible spectrum as well as…
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Enzymatic reactions: researchers reveal a regulatory mechanism by which life is controlled and organized
Dto. Credit: Physical examination letters (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.158101″ width=”500″ height=”229″/> Process leading to CIPS. (a) Enzymes convert substrate to product through a fueled catalytic reaction, while product converts spontaneously to substrate. (b)…
New research reveals how genes turn on and off
Protein architectures of constitutive and inducible promoters (RP, induced, balanced and condition-specific). Composite plots of the 5′ ends of the 5′ chromatin immunoprecipitation exonuclease (ChIP-exo) tag (exonuclease stop sites as shown) for…
Blood Moon’s First-Ever Election Day Lunar Eclipse Will Happen November 8
Early on Election Day morning, early risers will have the opportunity to watch the November beaver moon undergo a total eclipse. This will be the fourth and final lunar eclipse which has…
The dwarf planet Haumea is one of the alien objects in the solar system. How did it come to this?
There is still a debate raging in some circles whether Pluto should be a planet or not. Ask an astronomer, and their typical answer would be something like – if Pluto is…
A pheromone that explains why puffer fish spawn on moonlit beaches
A mechanism that regulates moon-synchronized beach spawning in pufferfish. Credit: Issey Takahashi A group of animal biologists and chemists from the Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in central Japan,…
UVic students launch new technology satellite into space
UVic Satellite Design Team’s ORCASat technology to be launched into orbit in November UVSD Team, photo by Karley Sider. The UVic Satellite Design (UVSD) team is aiming for space in November with…
High-resolution maps of entire polar regions provide new clues to climatologists
With four more years of satellite imagery data, researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center and their partners have now released the most detailed terrain maps of the polar region…
NASA’s InSight lander reveals details about Mars’ outermost layer
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – NasaThe InSight robotic lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly four years on Mars, reveals new details about Earth’s closest planetary neighbor based on data…
Traces of ancient oceans found on Mars
There has long been a debate in the scientific community about whether Mars had an ocean in its northern hemisphere at low altitude. Using topographic data, a Penn State-led research team was…