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Environment 5 hours ago

Storytelling in the metaverse can spur environmental action

Seeing is believing. But according to new virtual reality research from the University of Oregon, observation may not be enough to activate people on environmental issues. Engagement is key.

Plants & Animals 5 hours ago

Genetic drift, not natural selection, identified as main factor driving speciation in endangered pupfish species

Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico.

Plants & Animals 5 hours ago

How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the pest we know today

They're six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won't die, no matter how hard you try.

Earth Sciences 6 hours ago

Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements?

Deposits of designated critical minerals needed to transition the world's energy systems away from fossil fuels may, ironically enough, be co-located with coal deposits that have been mined to produce the fossil fuel most ...

Molecular & Computational biology 6 hours ago

Peach perfection: Advanced gene networks reveal fruit traits

A study has tapped into the peach genome, creating large-scale gene co-expression networks (GCNs) that predict gene functions and streamline the peach breeding process. This innovative approach addresses the complex task ...

Biotechnology 6 hours ago

Scientists introduce DIProT—an interactive deep learning toolkit for efficient protein design

Scientists have developed DIProT, an innovative, user-friendly toolkit for protein design. The toolkit utilizes a non-autoregressive deep generative model to address the protein inverse folding problem, integrating human ...

Plants & Animals 6 hours ago

After hundreds of years, study confirms Bermuda now home to cownose rays

For hundreds of years, the whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) has been considered the only inshore stingray species in Bermuda, until now.

Plants & Animals 6 hours ago

Study finds cloudy waters may drive African fish to develop bigger eyes

Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new study.

Earth Sciences 6 hours ago

Satellite radar data uncover 'vigorous melting' at Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

A team of glaciologists led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine used high-resolution satellite radar data to find evidence of the intrusion of warm, high-pressure seawater many kilometers beneath the grounded ...

Biochemistry 6 hours ago

By listening, scientists learn how a protein folds

By converting their data into sounds, scientists discovered how hydrogen bonds contribute to the lightning-fast gyrations that transform a string of amino acids into a functional, folded protein.

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