Researchers take advantage of a diamond’s atomic flaw to devise a sensor that may one day snap images of individual molecules.
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Researchers take advantage of a diamond’s atomic flaw to devise a sensor that may one day snap images of individual molecules.
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Tumor cells can exhibit different behaviors despite being genetically indistinguishable.
Scientists engineer a spectrum of artificial pigments to understand how animals see in color.
Misfolded α-synuclein proteins promote the spread of Parkinson’s pathology in mouse brains.
Inflammatory signals in injured zebrafish brains promote the growth of new neurons.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
Brain cells called pericytes can be reprogrammed into neurons with just two proteins, pointing to a novel way to treat neurodegenerative disorders.