Scientists show how female gametes control fertilization recovery in flowering plants

Researchers, led by Dr. Li Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of…

Researchers develop new method enabling therapeutical targeting of lactate transporters

Scientists from the Giulio Superti-Furga Lab at CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the…

Scientists discover secret of virgin birth, and switch on the ability in female flies

For the first time, scientists have managed to induce virgin birth in an animal that usually…

No climate crisis agreement at G20 environment meeting

Environment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other…

Researchers develop method to predict gene expression across different tissues and cell types

In recent years, a virtual tidal wave of studies linking the expression of certain genes to…

Researchers reveal bacteriophages' strategy to counteract hosts

In the never-ending arms race between bacteriophages and their prokaryotic hosts, prokaryotes have developed diverse defense…

Researchers discover how mitochondria call for help when under stress

As life propagated across Earth in the form of the widest variety of single-celled organisms, sometime…

Cells in confinement and people in crowds have similar behaviors, shows study

On a rush-hour train or a crowded flight, you might draw your limbs in close, shrinking…

Selectivity effect of molecular chirality may have universal applications, researchers find

Enantioselection with neither chiral catalysis nor chiral ingredients (absolute enantioselection) has been one of the most…

Microorganisms ward off parasites: Potential new function of CRISPR-Cas system discovered

Microorganisms use the CRISPR-Cas system to fight viral attacks. In genetic engineering, the microbial immune system…