New work identified a protein needed for assembling the photosynthetic apparatus that may help us understand the history of photosynthesis back in the early days of life on Earth, a time when oxygen ...

A team of scientists performed the first-ever experiment that manipulated seawater chemistry in a natural coral reef community in order to determine the effect that excess carbon dioxide released by ...

Carnegie’s Department of Embryology scientist Steven Farber and team have been awarded a 5-year $3.3-million NIH grant to identify novel pharmaceuticals for combating a host of diseases associated ...

In a recent essay in Trends in Plant Science, Carnegie’s William Dwyer and Sue Rhee argue for the importance of anti-colonial language, as Western scientists develop an interest in regional crops that ...

New work hones in on one particular region of the zebrafish brain that could help us understand the circuitry underlying nicotine addiction. Baltimore, MD—In researching neural pathways, it helps to ...

Kim, Y.; Sharov, A.; Mcdole, K.; Cheng, M.; Hao, H.; Fan, C-M.; Gaiano, N.; Ko, M.; Zheng, Y.

Geochemical data from MESSENGER have revealed details of Mercury's surface composition, showing that it differs from the other rocky planets in the inner solar system. For example, the planet's ...

Understanding the molecular and physiological mechanisms of how plants respond to drought is paramount to breeding more drought resistant crops. Certain mutations or allelic variations result in ...

X-ray synchrotron diffraction (XRD) measurements of single-crystal and powder molybdenum disulfide MoS2 are performed at pressures (P) up to 78 GPa and temperatures (T) of 20 to 298 K in diamond-anvil ...

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has an instrument package capable of making measurements of past and present environmental conditions. The data generated may tell us if Mars is, or ever was, able to ...

Clay minerals provide indicators of the evolution of aqueous conditions and possible habitats for life on ancient Mars. Analyses by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity show that similar to 3.5 ...

The elastic properties of compressed Fe and FeO are examined using density of states measured by nuclear resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. We analyze the data both from non-hydrostatic and nearly ...