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2021.09.14 Research Life & Health Physics & Chemistry
Building the ovarian environment from stem cells
Researchers successfully reconstitute the ovarian follicle from mouse stem cells
2021.07.15 Research Life & Health
Biomolecular bonsai: Controlling the pruning and strengthening of neuron branches
Researchers identify molecular cues that make developing neurons remodel their connections
2021.07.02 Research Life & Health
Uncovering the genetic mechanism behind Rett syndrome
Dysfunction in key gene causes neural stem cells to produce more astrocytes than neurons
2021.06.04 Research Life & Health
How do bad kidneys lead to heart disease? Broken cellular clocks provide new clues
Researchers find how chronic kidney disease induces heart inflammation through white blood cells
2021.04.26 Research Life & Health
Effect of cool airflow on comfort more than just a feeling
Study uses both subjective and physiological measurements to show the influence of cooling airflow direction on comfort
2021.04.01 Research Life & Health
Protein deficiency linked to fluid buildup in brain
New research shows that dysfunction of the protein Tsukushi causes hydrocephalus by altering neuron generation in the mouse brain
2021.03.09 Research Life & Health Materials
Molecular traffic key to keeping cellular highways maintained
Biomolecular motors transporting cargo within the cells found to wear down intracellular highways, prompting autonomous repair
2021.03.03 Research Life & Health Physics & Chemistry
New technique reveals details of membrane structures
Researchers gain new insight into the packing of molecules in lipid-raft-like ordered domains using a technique called low-flux scanning electron diffraction
2021.02.25 Research Life & Health Math & Data
The mathematics of sperm generation
Modeling of spatial patterns in stages of sperm formation provides new tool for investigating reproductive biology
2021.02.09 Research Life & Health Materials Technology
New ink jet approach offers simple way to print microdisk lasers for biosensing
2021.02.01 Research Life & Health
Feeding regimen could help reverse decline in Japanese black cattle
High volumes of milk replacer improve growth of calves and reduce age of first birth
2021.01.22 Research Life & Health
New cell source promising for treatment of liver diseases
Researchers directly reprogram cells into human hepatic progenitor cells capable of proliferating and differentiating into two key cells of the liver
2021.01.08 Research Life & Health
Which came first, sleep or the brain?
Researchers find that, despite lacking a brain, Hydra exhibit characteristics at a molecular and genetic level associated with sleep in animals with central nervous systems
2021.01.06 Research Life & Health
Mechanism connects epilepsy and enzyme deficiency
Findings also valuable for the 2% of Japanese with less-active version of the key enzyme
2020.12.24 Research Life & Health
Diseased gums shown to produce Alzheimer’s-related protein fragments
Study provides clues to the mechanism linking periodontitis and Alzheimer's disease
2020.12.24 Research Life & Health
Life arrives at same solution using different molecular approaches
Study shows that two catalysts with the same function essentially employ the same technique despite being based on different molecular species
2020.12.22 Research Life & Health
Barrier ahead? No problem for DNA replication
Study gives new insight into the mechanism underlying maintenance of genome stability in difficult-to-replicate regions
2020.12.17 Research Life & Health
Oh so simple: Eight genes enough to convert mouse stem cells into oocyte-like cells
Surprisingly simple method could provide a new tool for producing specialized cytoplasm for reproductive medicine
2020.12.14 Research Life & Health Physics & Chemistry
Viewing cell colony expansion through statistical physics
Study gives new insight into how cell colonies spread
2020.12.10 Research Life & Health
Inflammation and biology’s “ubiquitous” protein
Ubiquitin-decorated ubiquitin-writing immune signaling regulator found to control inflammation