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Hebrew University researchers found that tomato drought resilience may depend on when plants use water, not just how much.
Tomato plants with early-morning stomatal activity may better handle drought while maintaining yield.
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Museum bones holding tiny scraps of DNA were enough to rebuild two missing branches of the Galápagos tortoise family tree.
DiscoveriesTiny DNA fragments reveal two extinct Galápagos tortoise lineagesRebecca Shavit
A new model reveals how strongly Venus’s mysterious cloud absorber must block ultraviolet light, sharply narrowing possible candidates.
SpaceScientists identify a mysterious substance darkening Venus’s cloudsJoseph Shavit
Ancient Sulawesi teeth and arecoline residues suggest humans were habitually using psychoactive betel nuts up to 25,000 years ago.
Health25,000-year-old teeth may reveal the world’s earliest evidence of drug useJoshua Shavit
Gaia measurements show massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud moving apart, suggesting the Large Magellanic Cloud may be disrupting it.
SpaceThe Large Magellanic Cloud may be tearing its smaller neighbor apartJoseph Shavit
WashU Medicine researchers found that laser brain tumor therapy outcomes improve when tumors are smaller and more fully treated.
HealthMinimally invasive laser surgery may offer new hope for brain tumor patientsJoshua Shavit
Two experiments used entangled photons to demonstrate anonymous electronic voting without requiring a trusted central election authority.
DiscoveriesEntangled photons could make electronic voting truly anonymous and more secureShy Cohen
Nitrogen in 3I/ATLAS suggests the interstellar comet formed at roughly 30 kelvins or below in the icy outskirts of another star system.
SpaceNitrogen in 3I/ATLAS reveals an extremely cold birthplace beyond the solar systemJoseph Shavit
Cosmic rays may erode icy interstellar objects far faster than expected, suggesting ‘Oumuamua could once have been much larger.
SpaceA hidden cosmic filter may decide which interstellar objects reach our solar systemJoseph Shavit
Field photos of the Khugenetsavkhlant badlands in the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia, which is where Tamirkhan balcarceli was discovered.
DiscoveriesA six-inch fossil just rewrote a major chapter of mammal evolutionJoshua Shavit
Researchers have uncovered the full nicotine production pathway in tobacco plants, opening new possibilities for safer medicines and biotechnology.
DiscoveriesScientists learn how tobacco plants make nicotine: could lead to new low-nicotine strainsRebecca Shavit
Sleep spindles and slow oscillations were linked to greater resilience against high orexin levels in people with Alzheimer’s.
HealthAlzheimer’s study finds sleep quality may matter more than hours sleptJoshua Shavit
Simulations show drifting icy pebbles can build 10-Earth-mass cores for Jupiter-like planets in only about 200,000 years.
SpaceNew computer simulation reveals exactly how gas giants formJoseph Shavit
MeerKAT directly detected faint hydrogen from billions of years ago, opening a new way to map the cosmic web without optical surveys.
SpaceMeerKAT detects a faint hydrogen signal from billions of years agoJoseph Shavit
Scientists have used rare skull scans to uncover how the dodo saw, smelled, and interacted with its environment before extinction.
DiscoveriesInside the Dodo’s skull, scientists found a bird unlike any living pigeonJoshua Shavit
Robert L. Eil, M.D., is co-senior author of a new study in Science that identifies a previously unknown way tumors escape immune attack and points to a promising new target for cancer immunotherapy.
HealthCancer cells disarm T cells by stealing the molecules they need to fightMac Oliveau
An experimental cancer drug strengthened bones and reduced body fat in mice modeling menopause, pointing to a possible new osteoporosis strategy.
DiscoveriesNew cancer drug may reverse midlife bone loss and weight gainJoshua Shavit