Thanks to technological advances in microbial DNA analysis, researchers have discovered that mountaineers' boots aren't the only things leaving footprints on the world's tallest mountain. When someone sneezes on Everest, their germs can last for centuries.
Innovative approach opens the door to COVID nanobody therapies
The relatively simple and low-cost procedure could empower laboratories in low-resource areas to generate nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2, as well as other viruses.
The ‘Rapunzel’ virus: an evolutionary oddity
Extremely long tail provides structural window into how bacteria-infecting viruses called phages assemble.
Mirror-image molecules can modify signaling in neurons
With the aid of some sea slugs, chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit one of the grandest conceivable consequences: directing the activation of neurons. The team has shown that the orientation of a single amino acid -- in this case, one...
Cleaning up the atmosphere with quantum computing
Practical carbon capture technologies are still in the early stages of development, with the most promising involving a class of compounds called amines that can chemically bind with carbon dioxide. Researchers now deploy an algorithm to study amine reactions through quantum computing. An existing quantum computer cab run the algorithm...
Researchers develop enhanced genetic animal model of Down syndrome
Researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits compared to a previously studied Down syndrome mouse model.
Climate Change Alters a Human-Raptor Relationship
Bald Eagles and dairy farmers exist in a mutually beneficial relationship in parts of northwestern Washington State.
February 2023 Was Earth’s 4th Warmest on Record
The warm start to 2023 continued with last month ranking as the world’s fourth-warmest February in 174 years.
Dynamic NASA-Built Weather Sensors Enlisted to Track Tropical Cyclones
Known as COWVR and TEMPEST, the duo is demonstrating that smaller, less expensive science instruments can play an important role in weather forecasting.
Future Ships Could Be Powered by Wind to Fight Climate Change
SHIPS of the future could once again be powered by wind if a pioneering project which retrofits large vessels with ultramodern wing-sails proves successful in cutting carbon emissions.