Extracellular vesicles—or exosomes, as they are more commonly known—continue to be a curious research focus for the scientific community. Once...
A trifling paper cut is a site of frenzied activity. Within it, a squad of epidermal stem cells briskly regenerate...
Malaria is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases. The causative pathogens are microorganisms of the genus Plasmodium. A particularly...
A new Northwestern University study suggests sex hormones differentiate hearing in male versus female brains. Neuroscientists from the Brainvolts Lab...
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, making 100 trillion connections. Understanding the precise circuits of brain cells that orchestrate...
How seabirds navigate across thousands of miles of seemingly featureless ocean is one of nature’s mysteries. It is known that...
A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught...
Black rot disease in cabbages, radishes and related cruciferous crops may have disastrous consequences for the yield and production of...
Understanding how the complex geometry of branching tissues takes shape during embryonic development or the growth of any organisms has...
The molecular mechanism underlying enzyme activity regulation of ubiquitin-specific protease 8 (USP8) has been decoded by researchers at Tokyo Tech....
A decline in metabolism and endurance of skeletal muscle is commonly observed in obese patients, but the underlying mechanism is...
RIKEN researchers have shown how the genomic sorting that occurs during fertilization—the incorporation of genomic material from both parents and...
