Building a 3D brain atlas
Texas Biomed will help map the developing brain with unprecedented detail for the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas ...
Study shows hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne
“Dicamba drift” — the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere — can result in unintentional damage ...
Starshade competition challenges students to block starlight for observing exoplanets
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022 – AIP is organizing a competition for undergraduate students in the physical sciences to design a ...
What seismic waves reveal about Martian crust?
Researchers working in the Marsquake Service at ETH Zurich have been analyzing the measurements made by the NASA InSight mission’s ...
Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars
By studying seismic data and orbital observations linked to two major meteorite impacts at the end of 2021, the international ...
Proof-of-concept study advances potential new way to deliver gene therapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have successfully used a cell’s natural process for making proteins to “slide” genetic instructions ...
Lamin c facilitates repair of damaged nuclear envelope in human and mouse cells
All living cells harbor nuclei—key biological structures that play an important role in information storage, retrieval, and duplication of genetic ...
On the trail of missing genes and cancer clues
LA JOLLA, CA—Genetic mutations kick start cancers. Some mutations shuffle the genetic code, others come from the deletion of key ...
Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars. The maps offer ...
The major chord that cures nightmares
Oppressive, frightening, nerve-wracking: nightmares are particularly disturbing dreams. They are considered pathological when they occur frequently (>1 episode per week) ...
Fruit flies move their retinas much like humans move their eyes
Pick an object in front of you—a teacup, for example—and fix your gaze on it. You may think that you’re ...
ANU scientists use deep planetary scan to confirm Martian core
Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in ...
NIH researchers home in on a new cause of Stargardt disease
Using a new stem-cell based model made from skin cells, scientists found the first direct evidence that Stargardt-related ABCA4 gene ...
A pheromone that explains why puffer fish spawn on beaches under moonlight
A group of animal biologists and chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in central Japan, ...
Stem cell-derived organoids mimic human parathyroid tissue
Patient-derived parathyroid organoids (PTOs) could pave the way for future physiology studies and drug-screening applications, as shown in a study ...
River longer than the Thames beneath Antarctic ice sheet could affect ice loss
An unexpected river under the Antarctic ice sheet affects the flow and melting of ice, potentially accelerating ice loss as ...
First-ever study shows bumble bees ‘play’
Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is ...
Magma on Mars likely
Since 2018, when the NASA InSight Mission deployed the SEIS seismometer on the surface of Mars, seismologists and geophysicists at ...
Synthetic energy metabolism enables twin engine for cell
A research team led by Prof. YU Tao from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has ...
The brain cells that slow us down when we’re sick
We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we’re feeling under the weather. And we’re not alone—most animals reduce ...