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In one of the most comprehensive computational efforts to explore heritable genomic variations, researchers have pinpointed nine processes during which most human genetic mutations tend to arise.

In order to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050, farmers need to grow 50% more food on a limited amount of arable land. As a result, plant scientists are in a race against time to engineer crops with higher yields by improving photosynthesis.

To synthesize plastic, small monomer molecules need to be strung together to create long polymer chains. The longer and stronger the polymer, the more durable the material. Researchers used a middling monomer with a special catalyst to create a tougher polymer that can form long chains. The polymer can then be depolymerized back to the monomer state with an acid catalyst.

Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague. Scientists have recently published a remarkable study which tracked the spread of antimicrobial resistant plague.

Methane concentrations are well observed however emissions have to be inferred based on a variety of factors. NASA researchers combine the data from missions with their knowledge of how methane behaves in the atmosphere to create methane computer models. These models can help scientists and policymakers understand past, current, and future atmospheric methane patterns.

A study of microbial populations under a prolonged period of starvation could help researchers answer questions pertaining to chronic infections, the functioning of bacteria in the environment and the persistence of life itself.

Intensive human agricultural activities have caused a significant increase in ammonia emissions to the atmosphere, which have led to serious environmental and public health problems. Now, scientists have developed a portable and solar-powered open-path ammonia analyzer to help accurate quantification towards control and mitigation strategies.

A team of researchers has developed a new way to tag tumor cells to figure out how they evolve and change over time to resist cancer treatments.

Researchers have discovered two distinct ways in which an enzyme called APOBEC3A is controlled. The enzyme is responsible for genetic changes resulting in numerous cancer types while protecting our cells against viral infection.

Novobiocin, an antibiotic developed in the 1950s, has been found to effectively target and kill cancer cells with abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.