Flowers may look delicate—but flowering plants, what scientists call angiosperms, are one of the most successful evolutionary organisms on the planet. Including more than 350,000 known species, they dominate the ecological ...
Evolution
Apr 10, 2024
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Ornamental plants, valued for their varied morphological characteristics, are increasingly used in urban greening initiatives such as rooftop greening. But this application presents challenges like limited soil depth and ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2023
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In 1857, a young pediatrician named Theodor Escherich discovered what may very well be the most well-studied organism today. The rod-shaped bacterium named Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, is a very common microbe ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 5, 2023
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Recently, Science China Earth Sciences published a paper about the transformation of organic matter by microorganisms under anoxic/hypoxic conditions. With the intensification of water eutrophication and global warming, hypoxia ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 27, 2023
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DNA and associated proteins in active regions of the genome are condensed but behave like a viscous liquid at the molecular level. This finding greatly increases our understanding of the physical nature of expressed genome ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2023
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A new study published in the journal Science Advances sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armor, which has far-reaching implications for the development of ...
Biochemistry
Nov 3, 2022
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Adaptive radiations represent rapid branching in the tree of life and are recognized as critical drivers of biodiversity. Studies on them is central to understand the mechanisms that drive speciation, diversification, and ...
Evolution
Sep 8, 2022
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Astronomers studying stellar nurseries, the birthplaces of stars, in the Milky Way have found that nearly half the stars in the galaxy are formed in binary/multiple stellar systems (think twins, triplets, quadruplets).
Astronomy
Jul 14, 2022
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Researchers from the Babraham Institute's Epigenetics research program have been able to learn more about naïve stem cell reprogramming following a genome wide functional screen. Their research, published today in Science ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2022
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Rice is one of the most important global cereal crops. More than half of the world's population depend on rice as their primary source of energy from food.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2020
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