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How the virus behind covid-19 enters the brain was somewhat of a mystery, but new evidence hints it may build tiny tubes from nose cells to brain cells that it…
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The geometry of the icy shell around Saturn’s moon Enceladus suggests that the ocean beneath is a little less salty than Earth’s oceans and could potentially sustain life Space 20…
Analysis of inner ear canals from hundreds of modern and fossil animals shows that warm-bloodedness appeared abruptly in the late Triassic Life 20 July 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Warm-bloodedness may…
Building devices at the nanoscale is difficult because small molecules move about randomly, but now researchers have made a working rotor using DNA Technology 20 July 2022 By Alex Wilkins…
A fossil from 385 million years ago named Qikiqtania wakei shows that a descendant of early land animals lost its adaptations for land and became a more efficient swimmer Life…
Competition between plants for attention from declining numbers of pollinating insects may end up meaning plants become less diverse Life 20 July 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Wild flowers in…
Blobs of human brain cells cultivated in the lab, known as brain organoids or “mini-brains”, are transforming our understanding of neural development and disease. Now, researchers are working to make…
Ink laced with molecules that can store data has been used to write a letter containing a hidden, encoded message – the encryption key to unlock a text file of…