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Cell & Microbiology Jun 26, 2023

Cochlea cell atlas built from single-cell sequencing discovers new cell types, uncovers hidden molecular features

Researchers at the Pasteur Institute in France have conducted an in-depth genomic study of mouse cochlea to create a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of the auditory organ at a molecular level.

Plants & Animals Jun 20, 2023

Cuttlefish brain atlas first of its kind

Anything with three hearts, blue blood and skin that can change colors like a display in Times Square is likely to turn heads. Meet Sepia bandensis, known more descriptively as the camouflaging dwarf cuttlefish.

Bio & Medicine May 30, 2023

Flexible nanoelectrodes can provide fine-grained brain stimulation

Conventional implantable medical devices designed for brain stimulation are often too rigid and bulky for what is one of the body's softest and most delicate tissues.

Plants & Animals May 23, 2023

Newly described species of dome-headed dinosaur may have sported bristly headgear

If you look at enough dinosaur fossils, you'll see that their skulls sport an amazing variety of bony ornaments, ranging from the horns of Triceratops and the mohawk-like crests of hadrosaurs to the bumps and knobs covering ...

Bio & Medicine May 17, 2023

Titanium dioxide: E171 first enters the blood via the mouth

E171, a food additive, has been used until recently as a whitening and opacifying agent in many products such as pastries, sweets, sauces and ice cream. It is composed of micro- and nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, or TiO2.

Paleontology & Fossils May 12, 2023

These giant 'drop bears' with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?

Although long dead, fossil skeletons provide an incredible window into the lifestyle and environment of an extinct animal.

Plants & Animals Apr 24, 2023

A dual symbiosis supports cuticle formation in wood-feeding beetles

Beetles usually rely on the help of bacterial partners to survive. These symbioses can have different functions. Bacterial symbionts may help digest plant material, make the beetles more resistant to plant defenses, or provide ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 28, 2023

Skin-on-a-chip: Modeling an innervated epidermal-like layer on a microfluidic chip

Bioengineers and tissue engineers intend to reconstruct skin equivalents with physiologically relevant cellular and matrix architectures for basic research and industrial applications. Skin pathophysiology depends on skin-nerve ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 14, 2023

3D plasmonic coral nanoarchitecture for cancer diagnosis using urine

A research team led by Dr. Ho Sang Jung of the Surface & Nano Materials Division of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, conducted joint research with ...

Paleontology & Fossils Feb 13, 2023

Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery about aetosaurs

Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out about 204 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic.

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