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How a shape-shifting receptor influences cell growth
Receptors found on cell surfaces bind to hormones, proteins, and other molecules, helping cells respond to…
Video: The new Large Hadron Collider beauty VELO
The Vertex Locator (VELO) was installed at the LHCb experiment in May 2022, just in time…
EXPLAINER: Factors behind Sydney's recent flood emergencies
Parts of Australia’s largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year,…
Thousands more flee as Sydney floods track north
Thousands of people on Australia’s east coast fled their homes Wednesday as torrential rains tracked north…
Warming world creates hazard for Alpine glaciers
Italy was enduring a prolonged heat wave before a massive piece of Alpine glacier broke off…
New research challenges long-held beliefs about limb regeneration
Ken Muneoka is no stranger to disrupting the field of regeneration; for example, in a 2019…
Researchers expand understanding of vortex spread in superfluids
An international team of scientists featuring Florida State University researchers has developed a model that predicts…
Ancient swamp was a sex death trap for fossil frogs
University College Cork (UCC) paleontologists have discovered why hundreds of fossil frogs died in an ancient…
Shapeshifting microrobots can brush and floss teeth
A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in…