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Barley that thrives in salty soils

Mapping the genetics underlying barley yields helps pinpoint mutations responsible for increasing the crop’s salt tolerance. [caption id="attachment_9896" align="alignnone" width="604"] KAUST Ph.D. student Stephanie Saade at the field site where the team trialed multiple lines…

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Study Links Autism to Changes in Micro-RNAs

Scientists at UCLA have found that the brains of people with autism spectrum disorders show distinctive changes in the levels of tiny regulator molecules known as microRNAs, which control the activities of large gene networks.…

Philae found large

Rosetta

[caption id="attachment_9885" align="alignnone" width="625"] Philae found[/caption] Less than a month before the end of the mission, Rosetta’s high-resolution camera has revealed the Philae lander wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The images were…