As the global pollution crisis caused by manufacturing and disposing of single-use plastics continues to grow, researchers ...

The enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP) carries out transcription, copying DNA into RNA. It's the first step in gene expression, and ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously hidden layer of complexity in how genes are activated, showing that water molecules ...

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by ...

An autonomous underwater glider is giving us a new and effective way to track sperm whales by tuning into their clicks and ...

The southern Appalachians hold an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of lithium oxide, concentrated in the Carolinas, and the ...

Graceful, brown-eyed, and a staple of local folklore, the roe deer is one of Romania's most iconic forest dwellers. But ...

As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations.

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The number of wildfires burning in the Western United States each year dropped roughly 28% over the past three decades, even ...

A team of researchers at Rice University has engineered a new version of a well-known multiferroic that exhibits orders of ...

It has been a dream of astronomers and solar scientists for ages. A new mission gives solar researchers a powerful new tool ...