Adding texture to a lotus-leaf-like surface lets researchers control the movement of liquid droplets, and provides a cheap alternative for microfluidic applications.
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Adding texture to a lotus-leaf-like surface lets researchers control the movement of liquid droplets, and provides a cheap alternative for microfluidic applications.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Researchers identify two new DNA repair systems, in addition to four that were already known, that can attack unprotected telomeres.
A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.
Fly circadian behavior is dramatically different in natural environments than in the lab.
Vaccination via tiny microneedles elicits a powerful immune response in the skin.
Knocking electrons out of atomic orbit with a laser allows researchers to take femtosecond-scale “movies” of molecules in motion.
Small circles of extrachromosomal DNA appear to be widespread in mammals, and may be byproducts of small deletions in the nuclear DNA of somatic cells.
After 10 years in development, a novel mouse population proves its mettle in complex trait research.