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The ultraviolet habitable zone sets a time limit on the formation of life

The field of extrasolar planet studies has grown exponentially in the past twenty years. Thanks to missions like Kepler, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS),...

Bacteria have memory too, shows study

It turns out that bacteria, like humans, have memory! A recent study led by Dr. Ilana Kolodkin-Gal from the Scojen Institute for Synthetic Biology at...

Permaculture: A sustainable alternative to conventional farming

Researchers from RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau and BOKU University have shown that permaculture can significantly improve biodiversity, soil quality, and carbon storage. This groundbreaking study...

Smart soil: A new way to water and feed plants efficiently

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new type of soil that can capture water from the air to keep...

Tiny water fleas reveal big secrets about evolution

In a groundbreaking study, scientists from Arizona State University (ASU) and their collaborators have discovered new insights into evolution by studying a tiny creature...

Scientists find turning off inflammatory protein leads to longer, healthier lives in mice

Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that turning off a protein called IL-11...

Tiny water animals borrow bacteria genes to fight infections

A recent study from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling, and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has uncovered that small freshwater animals...

Warming temperatures threaten strawberry harvests and prices, study finds

Strawberries might become scarcer and more expensive due to rising temperatures from climate change, according to new research from the University of Waterloo. The study...

Scientists uncover brain circuits behind schooling fish behavior

A flock of geese flying in a "V" formation, a herd of bison thundering across the plains, and a school of sardines swimming in...

How microbes in an Antarctic Lake could reveal the origins of life

In the depths of remote Antarctic lakes, tiny communities of microorganisms thrive where few other life forms can survive. Scientists are studying these microbial structures...