Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield through its effect on plant hydraulics and nitrogen transport.

In this week’s AIP Advances, researchers explore gemstone polishing waste as a possible additive in cement, aiming to keep silicon carbide waste out of landfills and reduce emissions from the cement ...

Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL," “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired by an investor group including Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund in the largest private ...

The authors describe an interesting approach to studying the dynamics and function of membrane proteins in different lipid environments. The important findings have theoretical and practical ...

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The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

If you picture an electron breaking free from a solid, the process seems simple. Give it enough energy, and it should blast ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

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0D nanomaterials are defined by their confinement: in the zeroth dimension, electrons are restricted in all three spatial ...

Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant. By Lauren Hirsch and Mike Isaac Jared ...

Rocket Lab's new Neutron rocket may still have some time before it's ready for its maiden voyage, but the spaceflight company is still launching its other spacecraft from Virginia. That's good news ...