Until now, conventional 3D cell cultures have often been either too rigid or too unstable to realistically reproduce the ...

In A Nutshell Researchers at Tokyo University of Science developed a method to create fluorescent, irregularly shaped ...

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Understandably, you're likely scratching your head, wondering how it's even possible for a petri dish to play Doom. Good question. The answer is the CL1, "the world’s first code ...

Ancient European hunter-gatherers were far more advanced in their cooking methods than previously thought, a new study has ...

It infects nearly one-third of the global population, yet its microscopic size makes the parasite difficult for scientists to study. That parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, a widespread organism that ...

Walk through a tropical rainforest, and you quickly notice a pattern in the fruits growing around you. Most are red, orange, ...

A new study has revealed that a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil featured both smooth and scaly skin. The specimen, which had been sitting in museum storage for decades, has helped scientists ...

Researchers discovered that clearing out certain digestive bacteria with antibiotics helps calm the immune system. This temporary microbial shift protected mice from severe brain swelling and cellular ...

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...