A ‘plastic rock’ found by Brazilian scientists on Trindade Island,one of the most remote places on the planet. There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the … Read more
North Carolina State University researchers used satellite imagery and field sensors to estimate worldwide changes in plant leaf growth due to global warming. The researchers found that changes in “greening,” or the amount of leaves plants are able to produce, … Read more
Enlarge / Rodger Kram, left, and James Wilson carry a log with tumplines with the Boulder Foothills in the background. Patrick Campbell/CU Boulder reader comments 151 with Share this story The so-called “great houses” of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico … Read more
Study No. 1 in The Astrophysical Journal: A Preferential Growth Channel for Supermassive Black Holes in Elliptical Galaxies at z ≲ 2 Study No. 2 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: Observational Evidence for Cosmological Coupling of Black Holes and Its … Read more
Left: Control Lung. Right: Immunofluorescent staining shows expression of new SARS-CoV-2 spike-receptor LRRC15 (green) in post-mortem lung tissue section from individual with COVID-19 [Credit: Loo and Waller et al.] This protein, the leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 15 (LRRC15), is an inbuilt … Read more
When people living with HIV take antiviral therapy, their viral loads are driven so low that a standard blood test cannot detect the virus. However, once ART is stopped, detectable HIV re-emerges with new cells getting infected. This is called … Read more
Over a single day, in the placid waters of a single pond, a million virus particles might enter a single-celled organism known for the minuscule hairs, or cilia, that propel it through those waters. Over the last three years, the University … Read more
Most people have two sex chromosomes, either two X’s or an X and a Y, which give rise to female or male biological attributes on a spectrum. Studies suggest these chromosomes also have much broader effects, contributing to processes that … Read more
NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak reader comments 66 with 0 posters participating Share this story Two planets that were originally discovered by the Kepler mission may not be what we thought they were. Based on an initial characterization, it was thought … Read more
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? You might say vanilla or chocolate, and if I asked why, you’d probably say it’s because it tastes good. But why does it taste good, and why do you still want to try other … Read more