Storms aren't the only extreme weather events that can cause extensive damage and disruption. Cold snaps and even heatwaves may lead to plumbing issues in homes, car breakdowns, and travel chaos. Here ...

School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's remaining undersea cable link to the Matsu Islands near China was completely disconnected early Wednesday, the government said, adding to a string of such issues and raising ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...

Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration recorded a magnitude of 6.4. There were no immediate reports of deaths from the quake, though rescuers were still assessing damage. Taiwan’s fire ...

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Taiwan, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early ...

The redness, inflammation, and pain of sunburn may stem from damage to RNA, not DNA. “Sunburn damages the DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. So the textbooks say,” said Assistant ...

Other methods for measuring origin activation, such as generation of single-stranded DNA or incorporation of nucleoside analogs, also suffer from this limitation. Distinguishing between firing of the ...

Learn more about eLife assessments Alterations of rDNA size are promoted by the replication fork barrier (RFB), which imposes a unidirectional replication fork arrest to prevent head-to-head ...

U.S. officials cited “clear explanations” that have come to light in each case indicating a likelihood that the damage was accidental, and a lack of evidence suggesting Russian culpability.

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