Researchers discover a hidden world of living cells in human breast milk
Nanoscale imaging revealed distinct structures and nutrient-handling patterns among living cells in human milk.Glucose tracing highlighted lipid-handling immune…
Why does the right side of our brain control the left side of our body? New research may have the answer
A new hypothesis proposes that ancient visual circuits helped shape the brain’s widespread crossed connections.A review of vertebrate…
Ancient viral DNA offers clues to why human and chimpanzee brains evolved differently
An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain…
Humans may not have the heart for space travel to Mars
Male rats exposed to simulated cosmic radiation had roughly twice as much collagen around heart blood vessels at…
Quantum sensor breakthrough could finally map proteins and other biomolecules
Waterloo physicists kept molecular sensor spins coherent for about 400 microseconds, roughly 60 times longer than a standard…
Blood test detects breast cancer more than a year before scans
A personalized blood test called Pathlight detected circulating tumor DNA a median of 13.8 months before metastatic breast…
Biology’s four-letter DNA alphabet just expanded to eight
Researchers showed that E. coli RNA polymerase can read and transcribe an eight-letter genetic alphabet containing four natural…
Genetic study links GLP-1 drugs to higher risk of male-pattern baldness
Men genetically predisposed to male-pattern baldness showed about 7% higher odds of hair loss when genetic variants predicted…
Scientists resurrect a 160-million-year-old mammal immune system and watch it evolve
Researchers reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from mammal ancestors dating back about 160 million years and found that some ancient…
New ‘Google-like’ search engine can scan millions of cells for hidden RNA clues in seconds
Malva can search RNA sequences across millions of individual cells in seconds without requiring researchers to download enormous…
Newer blood thinners linked to slower Alzheimer’s decline
Newer blood thinners were linked to slightly slower memory and thinking decline in people with both Alzheimer’s disease…
Scientists discover how our sixth sense really works
Proprioception, the body’s quiet sense of position and movement, depends on sensory neurons that are genetically programmed to…