The artist discusses music as a means to get kids excited about science, and the inspiration he took from astrophysics and polar bears.
The decision to leave the United Nations’ educational, scientific, and cultural agency was spurred by what American officials say is the organization’s anti-Israel bias and lack of commitment to reform.
Scientists grew organoids that mimic human fetal brains and infected them with the Zika virus to model its neurological effects.
Researchers find that about a quarter of the immune cells are replaced every year.
Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.
Researchers encoded moving images in DNA within living cells.
In addition to circulating in the blood as immune sentinels, macrophages play specialized roles in different organs around the body.
From guiding branching neurons in the developing brain to maintaining a healthy heartbeat, there seems to be no job that the immune cells can’t tackle.
In chapter 4, “Why Recreate the Woolly Mammoth?” author Britt Wray explores the social consequences of bringing an iconic species back from extinction.
Sweet taste receptor-activating molecules produced by sinus microbes suppress the local innate immune system in humans.
The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
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