Biology
New computational models to understand colon cancer
Credit: Steven Offer Although the development of secondary cancerous growths, called metastasis, is the primary cause of death in most...
Coastal lupine faces specific extinction threat from climate change
Credit: Eleanor Pardini, Washington University in St. Louis Climate change is altering the world we share with all living things....
How cells transport molecules with ‘active carpets’
New research provides insights into the process of diffusion in living systems, with implications from novel active coatings to understanding...
Narwal tusks reveal mercury exposure related to climate change
Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwal's tusk provides a window into changing conditions in the ArcticCredit: Paul Nicklen...
MD Anderson’s Guillermina Lozano elected to fellows of the AACR Academy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, Ph.D., chair of Genetics at The University of Texas MD...
New drug to regenerate lost teeth
Antibody for USAG-1 shown to stimulate tooth growthCredit: Kyoto University/Katsu Takahashi Japan -- The tooth fairy is a welcome guest...
Faster and less-invasive atomic force microscopy for visualizing biomolecular systems
Credit: Kanazawa University High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is an imaging technique that can be used for visualizing biological processes,...
UMD reports six novel variants for CRISPR-Cas12a in plants, expanding genome engineering
New publication in Nature Communications offers patentable tools to improve the efficiency of food productionCredit: National Institutes of Health, public...
Caltech professor Ibrahim Cissé applies physics to decode and understand RNA transcription
Nigerien-born physicist is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical ScienceCredit: Image courtesy of the...
Contact lenses poised to detect cancer, treat disease and replace digital screens
Newly-published "contact lens technologies of the future" paper reviews innovative uses for disease detection and therapy, drug delivery, vision enhancement...
Scientists identify virus-cell interaction that may explain COVID-19’s high infection rate
Lehigh researchers quantify the specific interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- with...
Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity
Colossal voltage results from interplay of material's topology and strong electron correlations in a uranium-cobalt-ruthenium-aluminum alloyCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Signals from muscle protect from dementia
Scientists at St. Jude are studying how signals sent from skeletal muscle affect the brainCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
Researchers discover new species of South American screech owls
Hidden biodiversity uncovered: researchers discover new species of South American screech owlsCredit: Xingu Screech Owl photographed by Kleiton Silva. Alagoas...
Discovery of a third T cell lineage
Credit: (c) Rob Miller, University of New Mexico The immune systems of all vertebrates contain specialized cells, called T cells,...
Slc20a1b is essential for hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell expansion in zebrafish
Credit: ©Science China Press Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) include hematopoietic stem cells and several lineage-biased hematopoietic progenitor cells, which can...
Scent of a species
A reversal in sensory processing accompanies ongoing ecological divergence and speciation in Rhagoletis pomonellaCredit: Shoot for Science: Deepak Kakara, Dinesh...
Robust cell junctions are critical for maintaining stem cell function
Mechanical instability of adherens junctions overrides intrinsic quiescence of hair follicle stem cellsCredit: Avinanda Banerjee The skin is the largest...
The origin and uniqueness of Basque genetics revealed
A new study reveals that the genetic uniqueness of the Basque population is not due to its external origin in...
Eat me: The cell signal of death
An 'eat-me' signal displayed on cell surfaces requires activation of a lipid-scrambling protein by a nuclear protein fragmentCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto...
