An international team of botanists, agriculturists and historians has successfully grown a mature tree from an ancient seed found in a cave in Israel. In their paper, published in the journal Communications Biology, the group describes where the seed was found, the work that was done to discover its origins and what they have learned about its history as it has sprouted and grown into a mature tree.
A joint research group from China recently achieved the first observation of intrinsic magnetic structures in a kagome lattice by using the highly sensitive magnetic force microscopy (MFM) system of the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) as well as electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and micromagnetic simulations.
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Scientists may have unlocked anti-aging secrets by studying a plant cell organelle:
Research team stumble upon new discovery which potentially holds the key to aging in plants. Click here to find out what this means for the future.
Long overlooked by biographers, Albert Einstein’s time at Oxford—and his reasons for leaving—are worth revisiting, argues a new #ScienceBooks essay.
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The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing committee.
