The pluripotency program is maintained by transcription factors from the Sox and POU families. Here they identify SOX and POU factors from unicellular relatives of animals and show that ...

Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good. Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break ...

Joyce’s interest in such themes stem from her upbringing in South Korea – a place ... then adding watercolour and pencil for depth. “Each medium has unique qualities [… ] For instance, I love the ...

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DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides ... “I think it’s important to draw people’s attention on natural wonders ...

With a rising stem valve, the stem seal is forced to resist the effects of the stem drawing process fluid into the process side of the packing on a rising stroke. Environmental debris can also be ...

Stem cells are specialized cells that have the potential to develop into not one but many different types of cell. They are unlike any other cell for three specific reasons: They are unspecialized, ...

These spinning bats are another simple Halloween science activity using simple materials. You’ll need a straw or pencil, paper and a ruler to charge with static electricity. When the bat ( or another ...

As part of that update, the group also published the first Global Tree Assessment, a comprehensive worldwide study involving more than 1,000 tree experts. Scientists assessed more than 80 percent ...