Discovery may flip the genetic script on fungal threat in wheat
The top half of this wheat head is infected with Fusarium Head Blight, a costly fungal disease that…
Fungi fight viruses with RNA editing that rewires their genetic response
Adjacent genomic neighbors old and zao in Neurospora crassa regulate the defenses against viruses. OLD is a deaminase…
Quantum simulator realizes strongly interacting Mott-Meissner phases in bosonic flux ladders
Schematic of the experimental setup, showing the flux ladder geometry, where each plaquette of a ladder is threaded…
Possible sign of life in deep space faces new doubts
This artist’s impression shows what the faraway planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this…
Diamond quantum imaging can enable next-gen power electronics
These methods for analyzing soft magnets will help improve the performance of power electronics. Credit: Science Tokyo Improving…
Ice age animal cold adaptations began 2.6 million years ago, study finds
A Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus), nicknamed Kurt, from Sarek National Park, Sweden. Credit: Love Dalén. A new study…
Binary star system with millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion discovered
Optical and infrared images around PSR J1928+1815. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado0769 A large team of astronomers and…
Detecting the primordial black holes that could be today’s dark matter
A conception of primordial black holes in the very early universe. The accretion disks are to make the…
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat…
Detailed observations of 15 protoplanetary disks reveal new dynamics in planet formation
Deep ALMA observations of 12CO emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning range of structures in the…