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Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder create a Jell-O-like material that better simulates human tissue for cell studies.
Strategic angle: A decades-old clue leads to the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species in the Sahara.
Strategic angle: A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, according to a new study.
Strategic angle: Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch, shedding light on cancer cell behavior.
Strategic angle: Recent analysis reveals a concerning trend in the rate of species turnover within ecosystems.
Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study reveals that photoreceptor cell death, previously thought to be irreversible, can actually be reversed, offering hope for vision restoration.
Strategic angle: A newly discovered tree species in Panama faces immediate threats despite being identified only recently.
Strategic angle: Researchers uncover a vast archive of plant DNA, revealing over 2.3 million regulatory sequences.
Strategic angle: Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a technique that uses microbubbles and ultrasound to help relatively large cancer drugs enter tumor cells and cause them to self-destruct.
Strategic angle: The tiny Amazon molly has survived for over 100,000 years against evolutionary odds.
Strategic angle: A new imaging method visualizes the activity of thousands of genes during embryo development.
Strategic angle: Researchers discover how the scarlet monkeyflower survived a four-year drought in California through rapid evolution.
Strategic angle: A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution.
Strategic angle: A new nanogel modification could enhance the viability of stem cells for patients with swallowing difficulties.
Strategic angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed nanoparticles that educate the immune system to target disease-causing cells.
Strategic angle: New genome editing technology offers a promising approach to treat genetic disorders by accurately delivering gene-sized payloads.
Strategic angle: A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated 'magic mushroom'—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the United States.
Strategic angle: New analysis of ancient parrot DNA highlights a complex trade network in pre-Inca times.
Strategic angle: Researchers discover metabolic enzymes linked to human DNA, revealing unique patterns across tissues and cancers.
Strategic angle: Exploring the ecological consequences of introducing large freshwater species outside their natural habitats.