Greater mouse-eared bats. Scientists have discovered the first case of acoustic Batesian mimicry in mammals: greater mouse-eared bats imitate the buzzing sound of a stinging…
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Researchers found phospholipids to be essential in epithelial cell adhesion. Phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2), a phospholipid, is essential for epithelial cell-cell adhesion and maintaining cellular identity.…
Artistic reconstruction of mating position in Olenoides serratus. Credit: Holly Sullivan Fossils can tell scientists a lot about an animal such as their morphology, their…
The new multi-organ chip has the size of a glass microscope slide and allows the culture of up to four human engineered tissues, whose location…
Newly Discovered Neural Network Gets Visual and Motor Circuits in Sync A fruit fly walks on a small styrofoam ball fashioned into a floating 3D…
Scientists discover how chronic pain leads to maladaptive anxiety in mice, with implications for treatment of chronic pain-related psychiatric disorders in humans. Neuronal plasticity in…
Illustration of an Elasmosaurus, an extinct marine reptile in the genus of Plesiosaur. A new research study finds that large bodies helped extinct marine reptiles…
A combination of microscopy, tissue preparation, and data innovations could yield first-of-their-kind brain atlases that specify the locations and types of all of the brain’s…
Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the…
Cell nucleus illustration. University of California Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the…
Researchers at Tufts University have discovered electrical activity of astrocytes in the brain. Credit: Illustration by Siena Fried for Tufts University Surprising research findings in…
Researchers published a new study that provides insight into the genetic basis of heritable traits using an unusual experimental paradigm that included 240,000 strains of…
Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have recapitulated in the laboratory for the first time how the cellular structures that give rise to our spinal column form…
A male spider catapulting off a female during mating. These male spiders catapult at impressive speeds to flee their mates before they get eaten. After…
MIT researchers have discovered that chromatin spends most of its time in a partially looped state (middle). Fully formed loops (right) occur only three to…
The development of the fetal brain involves the creation and migration of billions of neurons during the course of pregnancy. Credit: Veronika Mertens Researchers track…
Credit: Don McLeish First known filmed footage of the behavior in the elusive marine animal. Do sea turtles canoodle? They do, according to a study…
Researchers have discovered that there are even more types of viruses in the ocean than previously thought. An analysis of the genetic material in the…
Scientists discovered a potential candidate for antibiotic drug development in a soil bacterium known as Lentzea flaviverrucosa. As drug-resistant and emerging infections become an increasingly…