Newswise – The first genetic data from Paleolithic human individuals in the UK – the oldest human DNA obtained from the British Isles to date – indicates the presence of two distinct…
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Even good genetic modifications can go wrong
Newswise – HOUSTON – (October 24, 2022) – A Rice University lab is leading efforts to reveal potential threats to the efficacy and safety of therapies based on CRISPR-Cas9, the award-winning gene-editing…
Several beautiful new bird species found on remote Indonesian islands
A male black sunbird. Credit: Nicola Marples and David Kelly, Trinity College Dublin. Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin, working with a research team in Indonesia, have discovered several new species of colorful…
Variations in low complexity regions of monkeypox genome impact virus transmissibility
In a recent study published on bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated whether low complexity regions (LCRs) were more responsible for the current clade IIb 2022 monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak rather than single…
Rooms with a view: Astronauts have design ideas for new space stations
Wrap-around windows and smart design should be key features of the next generation of space stations, astronauts say. The SpaceX Crew-4 cohort of four astronauts, which returned to Earth on October 14,…
Using Ultrafast Scanning Electron Microscopy, Researchers Reveal the Hot Photocarrier Transport Properties of Cubic Boron
Credit: Question (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.09.029 In a study that confirms its promise as a next-generation semiconductor material, UC Santa Barbara researchers directly visualized the photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide single…
Geomagnetic Fields Reveal Truth Behind Bible Stories
Burnt mud brick wall of Tel Batash (Biblical Timnah) with field orientation marking. Credit: Yoav Vaknin. A joint study by TAU and the Hebrew University, involving 20 researchers from different countries and…
Laying the geological foundations for life on Earth: Study offers new, more precise evidence for early plate tectonics and geomagnetic pole shifts
New research analyzing chunks of the planet’s oldest rocks provides some of the clearest evidence yet that Earth’s crust was pushing and pulling in a similar way to modern plate tectonics at…
Compartment syndrome is often confused with shin splints – here’s what to know
To understand chronic compartment syndrome, an overuse injury that typically causes calf pain, it helps to start with a little anatomy lesson. While most of us don’t think of our bodies as…
Reconstruction of Fossil Bird Skull Reveals Brain Made for Feeling and Eyes Made for Daylight
Artistic reconstruction of Jeholornis in life. Credit: Michael Rothman Jeholornis was a crow-sized bird that lived 120 million years ago, among the earliest examples of dinosaurs evolving into birds, in what is…