Discovery

An illustration shows a young tyrannosaur, Gorgosaurus libratus, tearing apart and eating its prey, a bird-like dinosaur called Citipes elegans, in what's now Alberta during the Cretaceous period. (Julius Csotonyi/Royal Tyrell…

Over the past decade, AI has permeated nearly every corner of science: Machine learning models have been used to predict protein structures, estimate the fraction of the Amazon rainforest that has been lost to deforestation and even…

Professor Marilyn Anderson at La Trobe University said the discovery could lead to plant-made protein pest control for crop plants that are essential to global food production. "The structural analysis demonstrates that even though this…

Around 150 million years ago, a small, bird-like dinosaur found itself trapped in a swamp in what is now southeastern China, eventually meeting its demise. In 2022, researchers uncovered the fossilized remains of this creature, naming it…

Research has brought clarity to the longstanding question of how starch granules form in the seeds of Triticeae crops -- wheat, barley, and rye -- unlocking diverse potential benefits for numerous industries and for human health. Starch in…

Whether a post-lockdown habit or simply a matter of convenience, like the rest of the world, you've probably started buying the majority of your beauty merchandise online, inspired by recommendations from your favourite…

The James Webb Space Telescope, on a mission to unravel the secrets of the cosmos, has made a remarkable finding: water detected in a nascent planetary system named PDS 70, situated at an astonishing distance of 370 light-years. According…

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key driver of chronic inflammation that accelerates aging. That finding could let us slow the clock to live longer, healthier lives, and may allow us to prevent…

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have created a biomedical compound that has the potential to stop the spread of breast cancer. A recently published paper details these early findings. Scientists from the Chemistry and…

The discovery of antibiotics in 1928 was a major turning point in the history of medicine. For the first time since the dawn of human civilization, doctors had gained access to an extremely powerful and effective tool to fight against a…