Unlocking the Opium Poppy’s Biggest Secret: Genes That Make Codeine, Morphine

Science News: Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and morphine, thus opening doors to alternate methods of producing these effective painkillers either by manufacturing them in a lab or controlling the production of these compounds in the plant. “The enzymes encoded by [...]

The research that resulted in the finding of the distant galaxy!

Science News Today: The combination of these different observations in (to the eye) invisible wavelengths therefore led to the pioneering discovery of the galaxy cluster at a distance of 9.6 billion light years — some 400 million light years further into the past than the previously most distant cluster known. An analysis of the data [...]