A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

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Astronomers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and elsewhere have observed the Taurus star-forming region, which ...

Even the little pinky, which looks like a contender for the most pointless appendage on the human body, does its job and does it well. Though all of the toes are used in keeping us balanced and moving ...

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 1: The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) announced on Sunday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre ...

Something deadly might be wafting through the clouds shrouding Venus—a smelly, flammable gas called phosphine that annihilates life-forms reliant on oxygen for survival. Ironically, though, the ...

Last month, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. In general, the executive order inserts a ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has detected compelling evidence of potential past life on Mars within Jezero Crater. The rover's analysis of a mudstone core revealed minerals and textures indicative of ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has added fresh clues in the search for life on Mars. It has found signs in Martian rocks that remind scientists of conditions linked to life on Earth. The new study was ...

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A new report from The New York Times says the stars have gradually shifted in the skies and that’s resulted in a slight change to when certain constellations are showing up behind the sun. Details ...

Employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) are going public with concerns about “politically motivated and legally questionable” actions by the Trump ...