Five new frog species from Madagascar
Madagascar, an island a little larger than mainland France, has more than 350 frog species.This number of recognized species is constantly rising, and many of the newly named species are very small.
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Scientists discover first organism with chlorophyll genes that doesn't photosynthesize
The peculiar organism is dubbed 'corallicolid' because it is found in 70 per cent of corals around the world and may provide clues as to how to protect coral reefs in the future.
Wide variations in how well or poorly people age: United States ranks 54th between Iran (53rd) and Antigua and Barbuda (55th)
A 30-year gap separates countries with the highest and lowest ages at which people experience the health problems of a 65-year-old, according to a new scientific study.
VLA makes first direct image of key feature of powerful radio galaxies: Structure suggested by theorists decades ago
The scientists studied Cygnus A, a galaxy some 760 million light-years from Earth..
Nanomaterials give plants 'super' abilities
The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.
Otherworldly mirror pools and mesmerizing landscapes discovered on ocean floor
"We discovered remarkable towers where every surface was occupied by some type of life..
Researchers tap rare pristine air to reveal pollution's impact
An international team of scientists led by Manish Shrivastava of the U.S.
How good are protein disorder prediction programs actually?
Unfortunately, it is challenging and time-consuming to characterie the structural propensities of polypeptides experimentally, and therefore bioinformatics methods for predicting protein disorder from sequence are indispensable. Over recent years many bioinformaticians have therefore constructed algorithms to differentiate peptide sequences that will fold from those that do not, and these algorithms
Bacterial factories could manufacture high-performance proteins for space missions
The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2019 National Meeting Exposition.
Dark matter is not made up of tiny black holes
Scientists know that 85 per cent of the matter in the Universe is made up of dark matter.Its gravitational force prevents stars in our Milky Way from flying apart.
Changing how a country types: New keyboard standard makes typing in French easier: New standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm adopted by France
"Algorithms, like the ones we have developed for the French keyboard, can help us make better decisions..
Rainforest conservation in Peru must become more effective: How the effectiveness of the National Forest Conservation Program could be increased
In their publication the scientists analyze the "National Forest Conservation Program" (NFCP).It was launched by the Peruvian government in 2010 to curb the deforestation of the rainforest..
Calculating temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structure
She found the temperature to be between 1,300 and 1,470 degrees Celsius, which is at the high end of an 800 degree range that previous scientists had determined.
Optical tweezers achieve new feats of capturing atoms
In a new study, a team led by physicist Cindy Regal showed that it could organize groups of individual atoms into large grids with an efficiency unmatched by existing methods.
Squeezed nanocrystals: A new model predicts their shape when blanketed under graphene
Ames Laboratory scientist are experts in 2D materials, and recently discovered a first-of-its-kind copper and graphite combination, produced by depositing copper on ion-bombarded graphite at high temperature and in an ultra-high vacuum environment. This produced a distribution of copper islands, embedded under an ultra-thin "blanket" consisting of a few layers
