Briefing: New DNA evidence reveals the complex origin of Palau's first settlers
Strategic angle: A new genetic study published in the journal Cell is filling in some important details about the earliest inhabitants of Palau.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Biology
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Briefing: Maize mysteries: Scientists uncover new information on how DNA works in maize
Strategic angle: FSU researchers reveal new insights into the DNA organization in maize, a key species for plant biology.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Why sugar breakdown matters beyond energy—new insights into how it makes cells move
Strategic angle: Researchers uncover the role of sugar breakdown in cell motility, revealing new dimensions of its importance beyond energy production.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Light-controlled hydrogel mimics soft human tissue for more realistic cell studies
Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder create a Jell-O-like material that better simulates human tissue for cell studies.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert
Strategic angle: A decades-old clue leads to the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species in the Sahara.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Sugar-processing enzyme has a hidden second job—controlling when cells divide
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Cells can sense 10x farther than expected and it may explain cancer spread
Strategic angle: Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch, shedding light on cancer cell behavior.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?
Strategic angle: Recent analysis reveals a concerning trend in the rate of species turnover within ecosystems.
Editorial Staff Mar 15
Briefing: Cell death in photoreceptor cells is reversible, study finds
Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study reveals that photoreceptor cell death, previously thought to be irreversible, can actually be reversed, offering hope for vision restoration.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: New Panama tree species identified after 25 years is already endangered
Strategic angle: A newly discovered tree species in Panama faces immediate threats despite being identified only recently.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Scientists discover ancient DNA “switches” hidden in plants for 400 million years
Strategic angle: Researchers uncover a vast archive of plant DNA, revealing over 2.3 million regulatory sequences.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Ultrasound-based approach to delivering potent drugs into cancer cells shows promise in benchtop experiments
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: How an unlikely all-female clonal fish species copied and pasted itself free from extinction
Strategic angle: The tiny Amazon molly has survived for over 100,000 years against evolutionary odds.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: Embryogenesis in 4D: A developmental atlas for genes and cells
Strategic angle: A new imaging method visualizes the activity of thousands of genes during embryo development.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Can rapid evolution 'rescue' species from climate change?
Strategic angle: Researchers discover how the scarlet monkeyflower survived a four-year drought in California through rapid evolution.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Ancient DNA sequences that control gene function across plant evolution uncovered
Strategic angle: A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Trouble swallowing? A nanogel tweak may keep therapeutic stem cells alive longer
Strategic angle: A new nanogel modification could enhance the viability of stem cells for patients with swallowing difficulties.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Biodegradable nanoparticles can seek and destroy diseased immune cells
Strategic angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed nanoparticles that educate the immune system to target disease-causing cells.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: 'Stealth' DNA circles safely insert gene-sized payloads into the genome
Strategic angle: New genome editing technology offers a promising approach to treat genetic disorders by accurately delivering gene-sized payloads.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms
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.
Editorial Staff Mar 10