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According to University of BC scientists, they have figured out why a certain type of fungus is destroying poplar trees. It was found by the researchers that the fungus, Mycosphaerella populorum, makes use of extra genes to produce a toxin.

As per the researchers, this toxin can cause lethal lesions on the leaves, stems and branches of poplar trees. Through genome sequencing, the researchers were able to found the extra genes. The study has been published the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

As per a recent statement by NASA, researchers at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California were successful in recreating three of the basic chemical building blocks of the genetic material essential for existence and continuance of life on Earth.

The agency informed that the team of researchers was able to reproduce uracil, cytosine, and thymine. These three occur in the genetic information contained in ribonucleic (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic (DNA) acids.

The laboratory where the test was performed had conditions that simulated the extreme environment of space, it said.

Researchers for the experiment placed a sample of ice on a substrate in a chamber at minus 440 degrees Fahrenheit. It was then exposed to high-energy ultraviolet radiation emitted by a hydrogen lamp.

It has been more than 100 years for the establishment of NASA, which was originally formed as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, on March 3, 1915. NACA was created after concerns were raised in the US for becoming second in line behind Europe in aviation technology,

With its inception, the field of aeronautics began to make a series of technological advancements. NACA was converted in National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, in 1958 to look into space programs, aeronautics and the advancement of aerospace technology.

Leaders, directors and researchers of NASA were none other than great minds of NACA, including famous space explorers, such as Neil Armstrong, Robert Gilruth, Chris Kraft and many others.

An intensive study to systematically observe sharks was launched by la France Porcher, a self-taught wildlife artist who published ethologist and the author of ‘The Shark Sessions’.

Porcher studied sharks without killing them and has documented their intelligence in the wild. She published an article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights, which highlights that sharks are smart and curious.

In an interview, director of a new IMAX documentary revealed that astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) in low earth orbit have been filming the movie to deliver stunning images of space. According to the director, the film will be released next year.

During the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) interview on March 4, filmmaker Toni Myers talked about her new project. About two years ago, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX had announced to work together with the United States space agency to make a film that will provide beautiful and breathtaking views of earth from space.

Google engineers along with other researchers have been able to solve a problem associated with quantum computing.

One of the basic features of computer is to auto-check for any mistakes. However, such is not the case with quantum computing in which act of checking an error can cause an error at the same time. This aspect is known as bit-flipping.

The error takes place when a microprocessor witnesses external interference. Google engineers and the researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara affirmed that they have found the solution.