New study uses live imaging to understand a critical step in early embryonic development — how genes and molecules control forces to orchestrate the emergence of form in the developing …read more Source:: Science
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Fat from 558 million years ago reveals earliest known animal
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•Scientists have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a second
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•Physicists have discovered how to manipulate and control individual molecules for a millionth of a billionth of a second, after being intrigued by some seemingly odd results. …read more Source:: Science
Galactic ‘wind’ stifling star formation is most distant yet seen
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•For the first time, a powerful ‘wind’ of molecules has been detected in a galaxy located 12 billion light-years away. Probing a time when the universe was less than 10 …read more Source:: Science
Synthetic microbiome? Genetic engineering allows different species of bacteria to communicate
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•What if the bacteria that live in your gut could monitor your health, report disease, and produce beneficial molecules? Researchers have gotten one step closer to creating such a ‘synthetic …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers observe cosmic steam jets and molecules galore
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•A team of scientists using the highest-frequency capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered jets of warm water vapor streaming away from a newly forming star. The …read more Source:: Science
In a first, tiny diamond anvils trigger chemical reactions by squeezing
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•Scientists have turned the smallest possible bits of diamond and other super-hard specks into ‘molecular anvils’ that squeeze and twist molecules until chemical bonds break and atoms exchange electrons. These …read more Source:: Science
Newborns or survivors? The unexpected matter found in hostile black hole winds
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•The existence of large numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies has puzzled astronomers since they were discovered more than a decade …read more Source:: Science
Life’s building blocks observed in spacelike environment
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•Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and …read more Source:: Science
New technique produces tunable, nanoporous materials
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•A collaborative group of researchers describe a new technique for creating novel nanoporous materials with unique properties that can be used to filter molecules or light. …read more Source:: Science