Charlie Livingston
Optogenetics: Insights into Memory, Perception and Addiction
Cells of the algal species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are decorated with proteins that can sense light. That ability, first noticed in...
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Augustus Silverman
Jan 29, 2022
Diamonds: Fragments of Earth's History
Cloudy, yellowish “fibrous diamonds” are too unsightly for most jewelers. But for scientists, their crystalline structure holds valuable...
Grace Barron
Jan 26, 2022
The Mysteries of Dark Matter
Dark matter just got even more puzzling. This unidentified stuff, which makes up most of the mass in the cosmos, is invisible but...
Sophia Pritchett
Jan 23, 2022
New Study Raises Concerns About Bee Disease Transmission
Commercial bees in stressful, often unhygienic working conditions may spread their pathogens to wild pollinators, a large study suggests....
Aiden Parerra
Jan 21, 2022
Utilizing Immune-Oncology to Attack Tumors
In 2017, the first immuno-oncology cell therapies, known as chimeric antigen receptor T cells, or CAR T, were approved by the U.S. Food...
Devon Tonneson
Jan 20, 2022
Nanoscale Nutrients Protect Plants from Fungal Infection
Chances are, most — if not all — of the produce in your kitchen is threatened by fungal diseases. The threat looms large for food staples...
Allison Cho
Jan 17, 2022
Understanding the Inner-workings of Carnivorous Mushrooms
In the 1980s, scientists discovered that oyster mushrooms are carnivores. The delicious, inescapable inference is that they’re the only...
Carolina McDonald
Jan 14, 2022
Archaeologists Findings Signal Shifting Views of Death
Middle Eastern hunter-gatherers changed their relationship with the dead nearly 20,000 years ago. Clues to that spiritual shift come from...
Sam Alder
Jan 12, 2022
Understanding Squid Gene Editing
Squid can edit their genetic information in a place scientists didn’t expect. Longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) are the first...
Devon Tonneson
Jan 10, 2022
Aphantasia: The Mind's Eye
Have you ever tried to recall a memory of a person or place and couldn't form the image in your mind? People with Aphantasia experience...
James Lim
Jan 9, 2022
How Malaria Can go Undetected by the Human Immune System
Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites...
Sarah Graham
Jan 6, 2022
Sound Waves from Fin Whales Help Scientists Probe Earth’s Crust
Scientists investigating a seismic fault off the U.S. West Coast have an unlikely new ally in their quest to create images of the Earth’s...
Connor Rafter
Jan 4, 2022
How Pupil Size Correlates to Intelligence
It has been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, but new research suggests that they may be a window to the brain as well. The...
Devon Tonneson
Dec 29, 2021
Moral Injury: Life After War
When we harm someone directly or commit a misdeed we feel guilt - our biological moral alarm that signals we have done something wrong....
Charlie Livingston
Dec 26, 2021
Ketamine's Influence on Depression and Behavior
Ketamine banishes depression by slowly coaxing nerve cells to sprout new connections, a study of mice suggests. The finding may help...
Aiden Parerra
Dec 21, 2021
Scientists Discover Fossil Threads Carrying the Oldest Known Archaea Microbes
Threadlike filaments pressed in rock may be the remnants of archaea that burped methane near hydrothermal vents 3.42 billion years ago. ...
Harrison Welch
Dec 19, 2021
How Intricate Venus-flower-baskets Manipulate the Flow of Seawater
A Venus’s-flower-basket isn’t all show. This stunning deep-sea sponge can also alter the flow of seawater in surprising ways. A lacy,...
Sam Alder
Dec 17, 2021
Ghost-Tracks Rewrite American History
Footprints left behind by prehistoric people maybe some of the strongest evidence yet that humans arrived in the Americas earlier than...
Augustus Silverman
Dec 16, 2021
Electrodes Show Memories Emerging in a Brain
Seconds before a memory pops up, certain nerve cells jolt into collective action. The discovery of this signal sheds light on the...
Devon Tonneson
Dec 13, 2021
Carbon Recycling Microbes
Earth’s hot springs and hydrothermal vents are home to a previously unidentified group of archaea. And, unlike similar tiny,...
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