Gray-Haired People, Rejoice! The Gray Might Be Related to a Natural Cancer Defense
While graying hair might feel like just one more unpleasant symptom of aging, new research reveals that it…
New insights reveal persistent genome structure during cell division
Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the…
New genetic test for corn developed by undergraduate students
Reading time: 2 minutes In a leap for agricultural science, a team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa…
Scientists Gather to Confront the Doomsday Risks of ‘Mirror Life’
The prospect of creating “mirror life”—synthetic cells made from molecules that are mirror images of those found in…
Population genetic structure of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) of the Egyptian fauna
Anderson, G. S. & VanLaerhoven, S. L. Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in southwestern British Columbia.…
Programmable antisense oligomers for phage functional genomics
Bernheim, A. & Sorek, R. The pan-immune system of bacteria: antiviral defence as a community resource. Nat. Rev.…
David Baltimore dead: Former Caltech president, Nobel winner was 87
In 2003, the Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore, then president of Caltech, paused to reflect on his role…
How did life get multicellular? Five simple organisms could have the answer
For some three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled Earth. Then, around one billion years ago, a new chapter…
Common Food Additive Solves Decades-Long Neuroscience Problem
Stanford scientists have found an unexpectedly simple way to mass-produce tiny brain-like structures in the lab. This breakthrough…
Meet Giriraj Ratan Chandak, the scientist-cum-startup founder who serves through science
Tell us about your startup: what does it do, and what kind of impact are you hoping to…