Biology
TikTok Video Helps Scientists Discover Rare Underground Eel in India
An international team of researchers has identified a new genus and species of subterranean fish living in the water-filled sediments...
Strubbelig–NHL3 Receptor Complex Helps Arabidopsis Respond to Cellulose Deficiency
Plants cannot flee when their bodies begin to weaken. Instead, they must detect structural damage, identify its source and rapidly...
Bombyx mori Satellitome Analysis Reveals Evolutionary Stability, Dispersed Chromosomal Organization, Transposon Origins
A hidden layer of the silkworm genome has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, revealing a surprisingly stable but evolutionarily...
Synthetic pyrenoid reconstruction reveals EPYC1-driven carbon concentration mechanisms and evolution
In a discovery that could reshape scientists’ understanding of how photosynthetic organisms capture carbon, researchers have rebuilt a working version...
Endophytic Flavobacterium boosts root hairs and drought tolerance through ERF–CEP5 signaling
A microscopic root-dwelling bacterium may hold an unexpectedly powerful key to helping plants survive drought. A study published in Nature...
Photosystem II Reaction Centre Status Controls Non-Photochemical Quenching Rates in Plants
A plant’s response to excessive sunlight may depend on a detail hidden deep inside the molecular machinery that captures light:...
New method unlocks insights from preserved tissues
A century of preserved human tissue may soon become a far richer source of medical information. Researchers at Vanderbilt University...
Muscle Plays a Crucial Role Alongside Bone in Fracture Repair
Bone fractures may be repaired with help from an unexpected source: dormant cells hiding inside skeletal muscle. A study published...
Pfizer’s Ariel Feldstein to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
BOSTON, MA — Aug. 7, 2026 — Ariel Feldstein, chief scientific officer of Internal Medicine at Pfizer, will be a...
Deerfield Managing Partner Jim Flynn to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting
BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Jim Flynn, managing partner of Deerfield, will be a featured speaker at the 13th Aging Research &...
Murali Venkatesan to Present at 13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
BOSTON, Massachusetts—The global aging-research community is preparing for a major meeting in Boston this fall, where scientists, pharmaceutical executives, biotechnology...
Tally Health Chief Scientist Adiv Johnson to Present at Boston’s ARDD Meeting
BOSTON, MA — August 14, 2026 — The global effort to turn aging biology into medical intervention is entering a...
Natural TaSCE1-A1 allele boosts drought resistance in wheat
Wheat researchers have identified a naturally occurring genetic variant that could help the crop withstand drought, one of the most...
Qiming Partner Kan Chen to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
BOSTON, MA — August 14, 2026 — The global race to turn aging biology into medicines is moving to the...
OrbiMed Managing Partner Carl Gordon to Present at ARDD Meeting in Boston
BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Carl Gordon, Ph.D., managing partner at the life-sciences investment firm OrbiMed, will deliver a featured address at...
Microbial DNA Reveals Global Temperature and Nutrient Limitation Signatures Across Ecosystems
Microbial communities may be carrying a hidden record of the temperatures and nutrient conditions in the environments where they live....
Herbert College of Agriculture Launches Bioinformatics Major Shaping Agriculture and Natural Resources Futures
The University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has launched a new Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, creating what the...
Blood test could soon reveal which organs are aging fastest
Artificial intelligence can estimate the biological age of individual human organs by reading microscopic patterns in tissue architecture, according to...
London-held mystery leads scientists to discover a new Ecuadorian frog
A frog that scientists have heard and observed for decades has finally received its own scientific identity. Researchers from the...
Wild fish reveal diverse decision-making strategies
Why do two animals confronted with the same information sometimes make entirely different decisions? A new study of wild cichlid...