Synthetic droplets cause a stir in the primordial soup

Our bodies are made up of trillions of different cells, each fulfilling their own unique function to keep us alive. How do cells move around inside these extremely complicated systems? How do they know where to go? And how did they get so complicated to begin with? Simple yet profound questions like these are at … Read more

More efficient molecular motor widens potential applications

Depiction of the structural changes during 4-step unidirectional isomerization of 1st generation aldehyde motor with key features above the reaction arrows. Starting from top left, UV light induces photoisomerization to reach the top-right state with more than 95 percent efficiency. This top-right state transforms by a unidirectional thermal ‘helix inversion’ step (THI) to the version … Read more

Invasive strep: ‘Don’t wait’ to seek care, N.S. woman warns on long road to recovery

Kelly Doucet won’t be forgetting her one-year wedding anniversary anytime soon. Instead of having a romantic dinner with her husband, Steve, the Yarmouth, N.S., woman was in hospital recovering from painful surgery. She’s now warning others that symptoms of invasive group A strep should not be ignored. “If we had waited, Steve would be planning … Read more

With hybrid brains, these mice smell like a rat

f mice ever wonder what it’s like to experience the world as a rat, some are now able to live that dream, at least when it comes to the sense of smell. Researchers led by Columbia University’s Kristin Baldwin have created mice with hybrid brains — part mouse, part rat — that sense the odors … Read more

China’s Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station

A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China’s Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing’s space program that aims to send astronauts to … Read more

Women’s Champions League: Chelsea can claim crowning victory in the house that Emma Hayes built

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter It was all in the plan, it seemed. As Chelsea took to Stamford Bridge for the first time under Emma Hayes, the club’s then-chairman Bruce Buck declared that, in one sense, … Read more

Curiosity promotes biodiversity | ScienceDaily

Exploratory behavior is one of the fundamental personality traits of animals — and these traits influence their probability of survival, among other things. For example, curious individuals can inhabit different areas in their habitats compared to more cautious conspecifics. At the same time, however, they expose themselves to a greater risk of being discovered and … Read more