The hydrodynamic torque dipole from rotary bacterial flagella powers symmetric discs
Bacteria are torque dipoles and swim in circles As our observations were performed near the bottom of a…
The surprising science behind red-light therapy — and how it really works
In 2021, dermatologist David Ozog was on holiday with his family in the Bahamas, when his 18-year-old son…
This Fungus Can Make Water Freeze
Fungi are truly weird and impressive—they can live anywhere, be poisonous or medicinal, and, reportedly, transform plastic waste…
Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time
A ‘cryosleep pod’ in the 1979 science-fiction film Alien.Credit: 20TH CENTURY FOX via AJ Pics/Alamy A familiar trope…
How fast does a protein fold? Real-time technique captures the moment
It can take less than a microsecond for proteins (artist’s impression) to fold into their 3D shapes.Credit: Christoph…
Why ‘quantum proteins’ could be the next big thing in biology
Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force
A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green,…
Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change
Sample collection, site description and soil characterization Twenty topsoils were sampled across a range of pH values (4.7–8.32)…