DNA Structure Itself Is Involved in Genome Regulation
TOP2A relieves negative supercoiling at gene promoters, resulting thus in an increase in the number of twists of the DNA strands. This is an obstacle to the continuous opening of…
UK experts against shots for those 12-15 years old; Indian doctors not so sure, Health News, ET HealthWorld
MUMBAI: A fortnight after Indian regulators gave the green signal for a new Covid-19 vaccine for children over 12 years of age, the debate on inoculating children continues with the…
Scientists Develop a Skin Crawling Treatment for Acne
Scientists develop beetle-inspired device for skincare. Drawing inspiration from nature, a team of international scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle.…
Lake Mead – The Largest Reservoir in the United States – Drops to a Record Low
August 7, 2000 August 9, 2021 The reservoir stands at its lowest level since the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States and part of a…
Magnetic Phenomena Discovery Paves Way to Faster and More Efficient Data Storage
How do magnetic waves behave in antiferromagnets and how do they spread? What role do “domain walls” play in the process? And what could this mean for the future of…
Russian Arctic Losing Billions of Tons of Ice Each Year As Climate Warms
Aerial view of Severnaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic. Glaciers and ice caps in two archipelagos in the Russian Arctic are losing enough meltwater to fill nearly five million Olympic-size…
Ever-Present Threat of Catastrophic Supervolcano Eruptions Revealed
Curtin scientists are part of an international research team that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia and found such volcanoes remain active and hazardous for thousands of years after a…
Greenhouses Probably Won’t Work for Growing Crops on Mars Because of Cosmic Radiation
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer and easier to explore for…
Climate Change Is Pushing Fires to Higher Ground
January 1, 1984 – December 31, 2017 Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions. Scientists have known for decades…
Cold Planets Exist Throughout the Milky Way – Even in the Galactic Bulge
An artist’s conception of cold planet distribution throughout the Milky Way. For comparison, the cyan cone is the Kepler transit survey field. The inset shows an artistic conception of a…
