A study on worms led by researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the US has uncovered a previously unknown adaptation to aging that actively remodels one of the largest and most ...

This important study implicates that changes in cell regulation may contribute to the evolution of multicellularity. The evidence supporting the conclusions is convincing, with rigorous methods used ...

In recent years, bacterial cells have been shown to be spatially organized by localized protein complexes and dynamic cytoskeletal filaments. Localized protein complexes are frequently based on ...

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Pain comes from communication between nerves, the spinal cord, and the brain. Pain may be acute, chronic, neuropathic, or nociceptive. Acute pain is sudden and usually linked to injury, then improves ...

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Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

Examples of metamaterial blocks with different unit cells that are studied in the paper. These blocks were additively manufactured from a polymer-based material using a hobby-type 3D printer, Bambu ...