Anew study reveals key details about how bacterial cells manage to pack in their chromosomal DNA a thousand times longer than the cells themselves, and — even more amazingly — do so in a highly organized manner. The research, led by Stanford biologists, offers new insights into the fundamental yet poorly understood process whereby genomes […]

If you are a researcher who wants to see how just a few cells in an organism are behaving, it is no simple task. The human body contains approximately 37 trillion cells; the fruit fly flitting around the overripe bananas on your counter might have 50,000 cells. Even Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny worm commonly used in […]

Falling seas break your skin,fabricated fractures feedingflareups with deferred certaintiesthat linger in the tuff.Wearing welts like a crown,you proudly pronouncethe weathered woundsof every fissured blow.Peeling back your pastwe scour through scarswith measured respect,bearing them as witnessagainst the rising tides.A sunken circle,marked by theprotracted echoof history repeating. The flooded caldera volcano at Santorini, Greece (image credit: […]

Light therapy may accelerate the healing of burns, according to a University at Buffalo-led study. The research, published in Scientific Reports, found that photobiomodulation therapy – a form of low-dose light therapy capable of relieving pain and promoting healing and tissue regeneration – sped up recovery from burns and reduced inflammation in mice by activating endogenous […]

A licensed drug normally used to treat abnormal levels of fatty substances in the blood could reduce infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 70 per cent, reveals a study in the laboratory by an international collaboration of researchers. The research team, led by the University of Birmingham and Keele University in the […]

As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban areas helped spawn a meme, “Nature is healing,” that reflected an intuitive belief: Carnivores were stretching their legs, and their ranges, by expanding into long-lost territory. But new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and National Park Service […]

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have studied how proteins accumulate in the wrong parts of brain cells in motor neurone disease, and have demonstrated how it might be possible, in some cases, to reverse this. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as motor neurone disease, is a progressive fatal disease that affects nerve […]

The combination of threats from COVID-19 and extreme heat in many socially vulnerable communities across the United States is a real concern for public health officials, highlighting the need to better understand how compounding factors can increase COVID-19 risks. In a new study published in GeoHealth, IUPUI researchers and colleagues examined the relationships between COVID-19 cases […]

A close examination of the millimeter-wavelength emissions from the asteroid Psyche, which NASA intends to visit in 2026, has produced the first temperature map of the object, providing new insight into its surface properties. The findings, described in a paper published in Planetary Science Journal (PSJ) on August 5, are a step toward resolving the mystery of […]

Hamburgers may not cause heart attacks, but we have long known that lifestyle choices —including diet, exercise, and sleep patterns — play a role in cardiovascular health. What we don’t know is exactly how these factors actually affect our various bodily functions. Filip K. Swirski, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Icahn School […]