Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important for your health while you're alive. These microbial symbionts help you digest food, produce essential vitamins, protect you from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2023
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Teff, a gluten-free grain historically grown in East Africa but increasingly available in the United States, seems to have antioxidant properties in human cells, say UNC Greensboro (UNCG) researchers. Their study, which examined ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2023
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found how human cells distribute and maintain their cholesterol levels, contributing to research into neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2023
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A new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most important stage of early embryonic development.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2023
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In plants, the jasmonate, or JA, signaling pathway helps plants control their defense responses to environmental stresses. Like the human body, plants respond differently to individual threats. Just as people wouldn't get ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2023
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What chemicals are we exposed to on a daily basis? That is the central question of "non-targeted analysis" or NTA, an emerging field of analytical science that aims to identify all chemicals around us. A daunting task, because ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 22, 2023
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Electrical signals control a vast number of activities in the human body, from exchanges of messages between brain neurons and stimulation of the heart muscle to the impulses that enable hands and feet to move, among many ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 20, 2023
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For diabetes patients who must give themselves frequent insulin injections, the risk of low blood sugar can be life-threatening. A potential solution is a type of engineered insulin that circulates in the body and springs ...
Biochemistry
Sep 20, 2023
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Research led by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Canada, has found that human cells seem to follow a homeostasis pattern of cell size and count across the entire organism.
When 17 people were in orbit around the Earth all at the same time on May 30, 2023, it set a record. With NASA and other federal space agencies planning more manned missions and commercial companies bringing people to space, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2023
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