Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill

Researchers have used machine-learning algorithms to discover a secondary mechanism that helps some antibiotics kill bacteria.…

Fish biology: How the cytoplasm separates from the yolk

The segregation of yolk from the surrounding cytoplasm in the very early fish embryo is a…

Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS

Researchers have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and vulnerability…

Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials

Creating two-dimentional materials large enough to use in electronics is a challenge despite huge effort but…

Grading conservation: Which reserves defend forests?

Lands that shelter forests have value often readily tallied by developers, but until now it's been…

Athletes with sickle cell traits are at more risk to collapse: here’s why

A genetic variation known to affect sickle cell disease might be the reason why some college…

Discovery of the photosensor for yellow-green light-driven photosynthesis in cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that performs photosynthesis, utilize a photosensor to maximize their light-harvesting capacity…

Older adults with obesity may have fewer years of healthy life

A study conducted of older Singaporeans (above 60 years) showed that those with a higher Body…

Location is everything for plant cell differentiation

During development, plant cell differentiation is guided by location rather than lineage. Now, researchers have shown…

Detection of unusual hybrid schistosomes in Malawi

Medical researchers have described the unusual occurrence of novel schistosome hybrids infecting children along the Shire…