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Scientists peel back ancient layers of banana DNA to reveal "mystery ancestors"

Bananas are thought to have been first domesticated by people 7,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. But the domestication history of bananas is complicated, while their classification is hotly debated, as boundaries between species and subspec.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgOct 7th, 2022

Scientists study effect of boron nitride microribbon on ceramic properties

In recent years, the high complexity of integrated devices has made heat accumulation increasingly critical and has resulted in higher heat dissipation requirements for substrates and packaging materials. In this study, boron nitride microribbon (BNM.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Study confirms the rotation of Earth"s inner core has slowed

University of Southern California scientists have proven that the Earth's inner core is backtracking—slowing down—in relation to the planet's surface, as shown in new research published in Nature......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Discovery of microfossil in China from the 518-million-year-old Qingjiang biota sheds light on adaptive evolution

Microbial sulfate reduction dating back to the Paleoarchean plays a crucial role in driving global carbon and sulfur cycles in ancient and modern Earth. Over 150 species of sulfate reducers from bacterial and archaeal phyla have been identified acros.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Study: Climate change drove the route shift of the ancient Silk Road in two distinct ways

Climate change has convincingly been linked to the evolution of human civilization on different temporal scales. In a recent study published in the journal Science Bulletin, researchers note that the role of climate change in influencing spatial chan.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Scientists adapt astronomy method to unblur microscopy images

A team led by researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus has adapted a class of techniques employed in astronomy to unblur images of far-away galaxies for use in the life sciences, providing biologists with a faster and cheaper way to get clearer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

A mission to find 10 million near-Earth asteroids every year

So far, scientists have found around 34,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that could serve as humanity's stepping stone to the stars. These balls of rock and ice hold valuable resources as we expand throughout the solar system, making them valuable rea.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Parabolic flight with exoskeleton: Researchers test fine motor skills in weightlessness

Fine motor tasks under space conditions are particularly challenging and must first be trained on Earth. Scientists from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) are investigating whethe.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Scientists show the key role of spleen and extracellular vesicles in cryptic malaria infections

Recent research led by Carmen Fernández-Becerra and Hernando A del Portillo from ISGlobal and Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) has provided new insights into the role of the spleen in malaria, specifically in infections caused by Plas.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Satellite data reveal electromagnetic anomalies up to 19 days before 2023 Turkey earthquake

Earthquakes may betray their impending presence much earlier than previously thought through a variety of anomalies present in the ground, atmosphere and ionosphere that can be detected using satellites, a recent study in the Journal of Applied Geode.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 13th, 2024

Analyses show ancient Syrian diets resembled the modern "Mediterranean diet"

Thousands of years ago, people in ancient Syria likely ate mostly grains, grapes, olives and a small amount of dairy and meat—similar to today's "Mediterranean diet," according to a study published June 12 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ben.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

"Synthetic" cell shown to follow chemical directions and change shape, a vital biological function

In a feat aimed at understanding how cells move and creating new ways to shuttle drugs through the body, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have built a minimal synthetic cell that follows an external chemical cue and demonstrates a govern.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Scientists propose novel AI approach for lipid nanoparticles screening in mRNA delivery

The targeted treatment of pan-cancer by messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine is a hot topic in drug research. A key challenge in mRNA design is the construction of delivery systems called lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), which serve as carriers to deliver mRNA th.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

A mountainous mystery uncovered in South Australia"s pink sands

Deposits of deep-pink sand washing up on South Australian shores shed new light on when the Australian tectonic plate began to subduct beneath the Pacific plate, as well as the presence of previously unknown ancient Antarctic mountains......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

NASA"s Roman mission gets cosmic "sneak peek" from supercomputers

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory contributed to a project that sets the stage for two telescopes investigating one of astrophysics' biggest mysteries......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Scientists reveal molecular link between glucose sensing and pyroptosis cell death

According to a study published in Nature Microbiology on June 6, researchers led by Prof. Xu Daichao from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered the molecular link between glucose sensing and non.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

New research suggests prior studies of ancient sea creature Pikaia had it upside down

A team of marine biologists, Earth scientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.K., has found that prior researchers studying a fossil of an ancient sea creature called Pikaia were looking at it upside down. I.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur

New Curtin University-led research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland, Australia as belonging to a newly identified species of pterosaur, which was a formidable flying reptile that lived among the di.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Ancient Greek sanctuary slowly sinks into the Aegean Sea

A brief boat ride from the thrumming nightclubs of Mykonos lies the UNESCO heritage site of Delos, one of the most important sanctuaries of the ancient Greek and Roman world......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 12th, 2024

Millions of insects migrate through 30-meter Pyrenees pass

Over 17 million insects migrate each year through a single mountain pass on the border between France and Spain, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists have studied migrating insects in the Pass of Bujaruelo, a 30-meter gap between two h.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024

Machine learning speeds up climate model simulations at finer resolutions, making them usable on local levels

Climate models are a key technology in predicting the impacts of climate change. By running simulations of the Earth's climate, scientists and policymakers can estimate conditions like sea level rise, flooding, and rising temperatures, and make decis.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 11th, 2024