To understand the brain better, we need new methods to observe its activity. That is at the heart of a molecular engineering project, spearheaded by two research groups at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), ...
Biotechnology
Aug 27, 2024
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Studying cell migration is vital because it plays a crucial role in many biological processes, including immune response, wound healing, and cancer metastasis. Understanding how cells move and behave can lead to breakthroughs ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2024
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Thomas Edison went through thousands of materials before he finally found the right tungsten filament to create a working lightbulb. This type of trial-and-error research continues today and is responsible for countless inventions ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 15, 2024
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In the quest to develop life-like materials to replace and repair human body parts, scientists face a formidable challenge: Real tissues are often both strong and stretchable and vary in shape and size.
Polymers
Aug 1, 2024
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New "squishy" lasers could help solve the mystery of the biological forces that control the development of embryos and cancerous tumors.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 1, 2024
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A team of researchers, including colleagues from the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, have transferred into common fruit flies genes from simple organisms capable of regenerating their bodies. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2024
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Ancient ocean temperatures are most commonly reconstructed by analyzing the ratio of different oxygen atoms in the calcium carbonate remains of fossils. However, this presents many challenges, including a combination of biological ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2024
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UNSW Sydney researchers have made new discoveries of fundamental differences in biological processes between males and females—by interrogating the unique and diverse sex chromosome systems of the platypus and the chicken.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2024
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Three recent papers authored by Ted Schuur, Regents' professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University, and other researchers around the world, organized through the Permafrost Carbon Network, investigate the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2024
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Peptides are gradually emerging as middle-sized therapeutic agents for addressing unmet medical needs. Compared to small-molecule drugs, peptides can target complex biological processes more precisely while being generally ...
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2024
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