Duckweed found to differentially mark old and new transposons without DNA methylation
2025-03-05 14:31:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard ...
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Interviews with businesses reveal obstacles meeting net-zero emissions target
2025-03-05 15:40:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain As we endeavor to address climate change issues, businesses must play an increasingly ...
Canada proposes phase out of ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products
2025-03-05 16:17:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Canada on Wednesday proposed phasing out "forever chemicals" in many consumer products after ...
Lava fountain height soars in latest episode of Hawaii volcano eruption
2025-03-05 14:53:00 phys.org This image provided by United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows the eruption of Kilauea Volcano on the ...
Amazon tree loss may worsen both floods and droughts: study
2025-03-05 12:50:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less ...
Park rangers battle Australians seeking rare earth minerals in old Mojave gold mine
2025-03-04 06:54:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where ...
Japan startup targets June 6 moon landing
2025-03-04 04:27:00 phys.org ispace's unmanned Resilience lander was launched in January on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in January. Japanese ...
South American rivers harbor cancer-linked microplastics, studies show
2025-03-03 14:26:00 phys.org Clothing and textile fibers released during the washing of synthetic fabrics are the most common type of ...
A way to power a cleaner environment
2025-03-03 14:37:00 phys.org Graphical abstract. Credit: Mingyi Xu , Miriam Fernandez-Avila Cobo , Danfei Zeng , Yifeng Zhang Microbial electrochemical ...
High-speed cameras capture hot droplets bouncing across a cool pan
2025-03-03 11:00:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When a droplet of water falls on a hot pan, it dances across ...
SpaceX targeting Monday for next test of Starship megarocket
2025-03-03 08:29:00 phys.org The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded Starship after a previous flight in January ended with the ...
Private lunar lander Blue Ghost aces moon touchdown with a special delivery for NASA
2025-03-02 07:18:00 phys.org Private lunar lander Blue Ghost after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA ...
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
2025-03-02 07:22:00 phys.org A flock of birds fly in front of the full moon over the city centre in Tallinn, ...
Two lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet
2025-03-02 08:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United ...
‘Thar she pokes!’ Scientists capture drone footage of narwhals
2025-03-01 09:00:00 phys.org Researchers at Florida Atlantic University used drones to capture previously undocumented behaviors of narwhals at play. Credit: ...
Lead-208’s doubly magic nucleus defies expectations with surprising shape properties
2025-03-01 09:30:00 phys.org The experimental setup for studying doubly magic lead-208. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory. anl.gov/article/welcome-back-gretina. In a surprising turn ...
Scientists build robot to track plant-fungal trade networks, revealing nature’s underground supply chains
2025-02-26 12:43:00 phys.org Network of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal network with a muti-nucleate reproductive spore imaged with a fluorescent dye and ...
Atmospheric pollutants surprisingly helpful in offsetting primary productivity decline in Indian Ocean
2025-02-26 06:40:00 phys.org Simulated baseline data for surface chlorophyll primary and secondary productivity (G and A respectively), and carbon export ...
Private US company set for second moon landing attempt
2025-02-26 04:48:00 phys.org Intuitive Machines' hexagonal-shaped lander, Athena, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a ...
Computer model predicts the length of a household’s displacement in any US community after a disaster
2025-02-26 00:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain One of the human impacts of natural hazards is household displacement. Destructive floods, ...
Remote video provides new insights into spawning aggregation dynamics of the black-saddled coral grouper
2025-02-25 16:39:00 phys.org Male black-saddled coral grouper. Credit: E. Saulnier, IFREMER Spawning fish are attractive for fishermen. High catch rates ...
Every planet of our solar system is lining up in the February night sky
2025-02-25 16:05:00 phys.org People look up to the sky from an observatory near the village of Avren, Bulgaria, Aug. 12, ...
Latest observations help almost fully rule out 2024 YR4 asteroid impact
2025-02-25 11:14:00 phys.org Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). It shows a frame ...
Chance asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent, ESA says
2025-02-25 09:12:00 phys.org This asteroid now has just a 0.001 percent chance of hitting Earth a few days before Christmas ...
Greek scientists say Santorini’s earthquake swarm is in ‘gradual decline’ as thousands return
2025-02-24 15:12:00 phys.org An empty swimming pool is seen in a group of clifftop buildings in the town of Oia ...
SpaceX targeting Friday for next test of Starship megarocket
2025-02-24 15:20:00 phys.org In this handout image courtesy of Greg Blee, debris from the SpaceX Starship is seen in the ...