Researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed for male mosquito flight. …read more Source:: Science
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Unprecedented single-cell studies in virtual embryo
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•Researchers have created the first complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo. This ‘virtual embryo’ will help to answer how the different cell …read more Source:: Science
One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies
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•Scientists have found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the moon’s soil using a single grain of dust brought back by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972. Their technique …read more Source:: Science
Micromotors push around single cells and particles
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•A new type of micromotor — powered by ultrasound and steered by magnets — can move around individual cells and microscopic particles in crowded environments without damaging them. In one …read more Source:: Science
What a never-before-seen radioactive decay could tell us about neutrinos
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•In a new set of results, chemists have laid the foundation for a single-atom illumination strategy called barium tagging. Their achievement is the first known imaging of single atoms in …read more Source:: Science
Scientists drill into white graphene to create artificial atoms
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•By drilling holes into a thin two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride with a gallium-focused ion beam, scientists have created artificial atoms that generate single photons, which work in air …read more Source:: Science
Novel Hawaiian communities operate similarly to native ecosystems
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•On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, it is possible to stand in a lush tropical forest that doesn’t contain a single native plant. The birds that once dispersed native seeds …read more Source:: Science
ALMA differentiates two birth cries from a single star
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•Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed jet from a …read more Source:: Science
Quantum scientists demonstrate world-first 3D atomic-scale quantum chip architecture
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•Scientists have shown that their pioneering single atom technology can be adapted to building 3D silicon quantum chips — with precise interlayer alignment and highly accurate measurement of spin states. …read more Source:: Science
Cold Super-Earth found orbiting closest single star to Sun
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•The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth — a so-called super-Earth. One of the largest observing campaigns to date …read more Source:: Science