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CCMB uncovers link behind Titan cell formation in deadly fungus
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (458+ words) The Times of India...
Microscopic lab worms take center stage in Wormlympics
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (207+ words) Biology postdoctoral fellow Amanda Shaver is getting fresh ink on her right cheek, just below her eye. Her lab mate uses a pen to carefully draw a tiny hook of a worm, while Shaver prints "Worm King" across her own…...
New Tool Reveals Hidden Patterns in Complex Biological Data
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (650+ words) Modern biology has entered an age in which the hardest part of an experiment may no longer be collecting data, but understanding what the data are trying to say....
Mapping gene and epigenetic changes that make undead cancer cells promote
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (581+ words) Cancer treatments that stop tumors from growing may also leave behind a potentially dangerous population of “undead” cells, according to a new study from researchers at The Rockefeller University....
New study explains how RNA droplets may have helped start life
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (552+ words) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Before the first cells enclosed chemistry inside membranes, life faced a basic logistical problem: molecules needed to find one another in a hostile, watery environment. RNA may have offered an answer....
Lab-grown brain models develop a sense of spatial awareness
18+ hour, 32+ min ago (690+ words) IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — The human cerebral cortex is often portrayed as a single folded sheet of neural tissue, but its remarkable abilities depend on a much more precise arrangement. During embryonic development, the cortex is divided into areas with distinct…...
Brain activity shifts when different generations create together
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (673+ words) Loneliness is often described as an absence of social contact, but a new study suggests that the brain may reveal something more precise: how two people begin to coordinate with one another as a relationship develops. When older and younger…...
Cellular Life Process Captured Live for First Time
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (221+ words) Mirage News All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the molecules responsible for helping build proteins that keep organisms alive. One of those nanoscale machines, called eukaryotic RNA polymerase II,…...
Largest-Ever Chromosome-Scale Genome Comparison Maps Animal Biodiversity
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (530+ words) A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to belong to entirely different worlds, yet their chromosomes preserve traces of a shared genomic past....
Researchers design a novel, stable human growth factor
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (630+ words) Scientists at the University of Arkansas have developed a more stable and biologically active form of human fibroblast growth factor 1, a signaling protein with important roles in cell growth, tissue repair and metabolism....