The deep ocean floor beyond the reach of sunlight provides one of nature’s most impressive light shows. Scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute…
Reporting in this week's Nature, the team of neuroscientists shows that retinal horizontal cells, which are nerve cells once thought only to talk to…
In a related Commentary, Richard Locksley discusses the molecular and genetic regulation of cytokine production by CD4+ T helper (Th) cells and the plasticity…
“Cell-to-cell transmission is a thousand times more efficient, which is why diseases such as AIDS are so successful and so deadly,” said Walther Mothes,…
Barcodes based on portions of DNA – the taxonomical equivalent to UPC barcodes on products – have already emerged as a viable solution for uniquely identifying…
With names like silver sulfadiazine and silver nitrate, these germ-fighters save lives and speed healing. The researchers describe gel composed of silver…
The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation of an enzyme complex that plays a critical role in the chemical reactions that take place within cells to…
Tomoki MatsuyamaResearch Unit LeaderPlant Breeding and Cell Engineering Research UnitRIKEN Advanced Science InstituteNew varieties of fruit trees and…
Without consciously checking your watch, your body knows the time by maintaining its own internal clock that tracks the day–night cycle through so-called…
Nanotubes have large inner and outer surface areas that are accessible to many smaller molecules, meaning they have the potential to be developed into new…
Cells generated from the pituitary tumor cells had the same genetic makeup and characteristics as the original tumors and were capable of generating new…
The evolution of multiple antibiotic resistances is a global and difficult problem to eradicate. Isabel Gordo, a group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de…
A series of tests, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions, should caution researchers against making simple…
Using high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that individual algal cells can regulate the beating of their flagella in…
Thomas Marler recently published the results of his research that reveal some of the attributes of the long-lived leaves of Guam's Cycas micronesica plants….
The study also is the first to indicate that at least a few bird species opt for noisy areas over quiet ones, perhaps because of their vocalization pitches, a…
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