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Scientists use 'sticky' DNA to build organized structures of gel blocks

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 10:28 AM PST

Researchers have used microscopic strands of DNA to guide the assembly of gel blocks that are visible to the naked eye.

Low volcanic temperature ushered in global cooling and the thriving of dinosaurs

Posted: 31 Jan 2022 08:05 AM PST

Dinosaurs came to flourish during the Jurassic period after a volcanic eruption roughly 201 millions years ago wiped out many marine and land animals, leaving them able to evolve and grow. Now, further details about this eruption and the mass extinction have been revealed. A group of researchers demonstrated how low temperature magma slowly heated sedimentary rocks, causing high sulfur dioxide and low carbon dioxide emissions, a process which cooled the earth.