A twisted protein sheds light on chronic damage disease in deer
The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological disease in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an […]
Uranus may have looked strange when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by
Some of the apparent quirks of Uranus may be due to bad timing. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew
A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease
DENVER — A drug found in nearly every medicine cabinet could be a treatment for a rare genetic disease. Ibuprofen
Fire-prone neighborhoods on the fringes of nature are expanding rapidly
People are flocking to the threshold of nature and the territory of fire. Homes built where human development meets undeveloped
Meet Chonkus, the mutant cyanobacterium that could help sink climate change
Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-releasing organisms: There’s a fat, green new mutant in town. And the mighty UTEX 3222 —
A star winked out of his eyes. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’?
Some massive stars can go out with a bang, not a bang. A star that blinked out of view may
A prototype nuclear clock hints at extremely accurate timekeeping
Scientific watchmakers have created a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to make
A quantum computer corrected its errors, improving its calculations
For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by continuously correcting its own miscalculations with a technique
‘Smart lighting’ could make vertical farming more affordable
Flicking the dimmer switch can help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: rising electricity costs. Growing crops
The Large Hadron Collider exposes quark quantum entanglement
Quantum entanglement has made its way to the top. Scientists have measured the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement in top