Newly discovered viral enzymes act like molecular scissors to disable immune alarm signals

Viruses and their hosts—whether bacteria, animals, or humans—are locked in a constant evolutionary arms race. Cells evolve ...

Fabergé's rare Winter Egg fetches record £22.9 mn at auction

Fabergé's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at ...

Chimpanzee calls trigger unique brain activity in humans, revealing shared vocal processing skills

The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our ...

Toxoplasmosis: How a deadly parasite infects its host cells

Researchers at LMU in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have discovered how ...

Chance discovery converts toxic nitric oxide into nitrogen gas at room temperature

Nitrogen is a crucial component of proteins and nucleic acids, the fundamental building blocks of all living things, and thus ...

Rapid weather shifts govern how plants influence climate and air quality, study finds

A new study shows that during drought, it's not how hot or how dry it is that determines gas emissions from plants—but how ...

Optical clock sets new accuracy record, bringing us closer to a new definition of the second

A research team at VTT MIKES has set a new record in optical-clock absolute frequency measurements using a strontium ...

Adjustable DNA 'shield' can control timing and rate at which mRNA produces proteins in vivo

RNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the ...

When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them

Americans who grow up in historically violent states may move to a safer state, but they remain far more likely to die ...

Spanish pork producers 'very concerned' by African swine fever

Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters ...

Scientists call for greater focus on conserving whole ecosystems instead of charismatic species

Conservation programs are often too focused on a single charismatic species, Hai-Tao Shi at Hainan Normal University in China ...

Spain detects seven new African swine fever cases

Spain has found another seven dead wild boars infected with African swine fever near Barcelona, increasing the outbreak's total to nine cases, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.