Honeybees may not need key brain structures known as mushroom bodies in order to learn…
Human genes for coronary artery disease make them more prolific parents
Coronary artery disease may have persisted in human populations because the genes that cause this…
New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen production
Scientists have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using…
How bacterial organelles assemble
Scientists are providing the clearest view yet of an intact bacterial microcompartment, revealing at atomic-level…
Switchable DNA mini-machines store information
Biomedical engineers have built simple machines out of DNA, consisting of arrays whose units switch…
Battling infectious diseases with 3-D protein structures
The 3-D atomic structures of more than 1,000 proteins are potential targets for drugs and…
Paradox of pills: Tablet ‘overload’ may be causing harm and putting lives at risk, warn researchers
Around three million people take multiple medicines, but no reliable systems exist to help patients…
UV-sensing protein in brain of marine annelid zooplankton
Larvae of a marine ragworm Platynereis dumerilii have been studied as a zooplankton model, and…
Cells in fish’s spinal discs repair themselves
A unique repair mechanism has been discovered in the developing backbone of zebrafish that could…
Long-read genome sequencing used for the first time in a patient
Researchers have used a next-generation technology called long-read sequencing to diagnose a patient’s rare genetic…