Protein packed: Neurons (pink, blue) in brain slices from mice lacking FMR1 have large nucleoli (green, left), a part of the cell that increases in size when ribosomes are being produced, and a heigh… [+6917 chars]
ByUniversity of GlasgowJuly 21, 2022 According to a new study, a blood test could predict the risk of developing leukemia years in advance. By identifying changes in blood cell production, a blood … [+4286 chars]
Its a rare pairing
Temperature affects nearly every part of an animals day-to-day existence. Biologists have, for good reason, spent a huge amount of time trying to understand how animals can survive in the climates in… [+6152 chars]
A little more than six months into its stellar journey, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already rivaling Hubble as the worlds favorite spacefaring observatory. Last week, JWST delivered ja… [+4724 chars]
The NASA Perseverance rover has been sent on a mission to examine the terrain of Mars and to look for any signs of previous life on the planet. However, it has been making interesting discoveries thr… [+2134 chars]
Photo: A wax worm, by Sam Droege, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. In the search for solutions to man-caused pollution, researchers keep stumbling on organisms that already know how to do it. H… [+5797 chars]
On July 25, 2019, an asteroid was barrelling towards the Earth but nobody had a clue. As the asteroid 2019 OK approached the Earth, it was only 30 minutes before the asteroid came closest to Earth th… [+2581 chars]
Earths inner core is a ball of solid metal as hot as the surface of the Sun, rotating in a molten tempest of iron and nickelHades, if ever there were one. The sphere is ever growing as the surroundin… [+6015 chars]
ByUniversity of BathJuly 21, 2022 Differentiated cortical neurons expressing the axonal marker Tau (green) and the dendritic marker MAP-2 (red). Credit: Dr. Robert Williams, University of Bath Scie… [+4166 chars]
Our immune system is essential for our survival, as our bodies are constantly being exposed to bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other pathogens. Without an immune system, we would quickly lose the w… [+5972 chars]
Nanoporous membranes made of two-dimensional nanomaterials can give remarkably selective gas transport combined with high permeance. A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications focu… [+7903 chars]
