A research team has discovered the first conclusive evidence that selection may also occur at the level of the epigenome — a term that refers to an assortment of chemical …read more Source:: Science
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Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust
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•Scientists have discovered the oldest solid material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust trapped inside a meteorite. This stardust provides evidence for a ‘baby boom’ of new stars that formed 7 billion …read more Source:: Science
NASA planet hunter finds Earth-size habitable-zone world
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the …read more Source:: Science
Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs lined with gold
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•Archaeologists have discovered two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts that promise to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece. …read more Source:: Science
Mitochondria are the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for cellular stress
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•Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria: they set off molecular alarms when cells are …read more Source:: Science
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
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•By measuring the chemistry of fossilized seashells collected in Antarctica, researchers discovered that Earth was already experiencing carbon cycle instability before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossils
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•Scientists with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will …read more Source:: Science
Distant worlds under many suns
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•An astrophysicist has discovered many new multiple star systems that contain exoplanets. For this, he searched more than 1,300 exoplanet host stars. He found that 15 per cent of those …read more Source:: Science
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
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•Astronomers have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolution of these galaxies by suppressing star …read more Source:: Science
New cancer-driving mutation in ‘dark matter’ of the cancer genome
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•A research group has discovered a novel cancer-driving mutation in the vast non-coding regions of the human cancer genome, also known as the ‘dark matter’ of human cancer DNA. …read more Source:: Science