Origin of life insight: Peptides can form without amino acids

Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors…

Neural sleep patterns emerged at least 450 million years ago

Researchers have found that neural signatures in sleeping zebrafish are analogous to those of humans, suggesting…

Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighboring cells

Researchers have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we age. Targeting of an…

Cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells

Researchers have identified, for the first time in esophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a…

How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite

A new study describes the way mosquito immune systems fight malaria parasites using various waves of…

New filter enhances robot vision on 6D pose estimation

Robots are good at making identical repetitive movements, such as a simple task on an assembly…

Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together

A team of researchers has developed tiny 10-gram robots that are inspired by ants: they can…

Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients

A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were…

Branson's Virgin Orbit completes key rocket test

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit on Wednesday released a rocket from the wing of a modified Boeing…

Unprecedented display of concern towards unknown monkey offers hope for endangered species

A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, ‘consoling’ and…