New type of taste cell discovered in taste buds

New insight into how taste information is sent to the brain for processing.

Scientists found a mechanism that allows cells to fight off viral DNA

How a protein stops cells from attacking their own DNA?

Bird and reptile tears are not so different from human tears

Understanding of the evolution and adaption of different species.

New technology uses sunlight to turn seawater into drinking water in 30 minutes

It provides an energy-efficient and environmentally-sustainable solution for desalination.

A new type of laser beam that doesn’t follow principles of refraction

The message traveling speed in these packets doesn't get affected by traveling through different materials.

How hair shaving deforms the sharpest of razors?

Human hair is 50 times softer than steel, yet it can chip away a razor’s edge, a new study shows.

Chemists create the brightest known fluorescent materials in existence

Scientists solved 150-year-old problem of emission quenching of fluorescent dyes.

Scientists captured the ultimate selfie of Earth

Earth’s ultimate mirror selfie.

Why humans prefer to mate in private?

And why is it so rare?

A comprehensive catalog of the molecular elements that regulate our genes

Interpreting the Human Genome’s Instruction Manual.

New penguin colonies discovered from space

There are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica.

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