Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Imagine being able to look inside a single cancer cell and see how it communicates with its neighbors. Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer cells, one by one. A study led by the University of Surrey has sampled single live cancer cells … Read more
Consort squid can be considerably larger than sneakers when they mature, growing on average to 300 millimeters (mantle length) compared to 150 mm. However, sneaker squid have been found to have larger and longer-lasting sperm. Credit: 2024 Nicola Burghall The day a male spear squid hatches determines which mating tactic he will use throughout his … Read more
The bamboo octocoral Isidella sp. displaying bioluminescence in the Bahamas in 2009. Credit: Sönke Johnsen Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The results, published … Read more
A gray-scale image of the galaxy EGS_31125 at 10.6 billion years ago as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy’s bar can be seen (outlined in the center image in a thick solid purple line with the spiral arms shown as faint purple lines). Credit: Zoe Le Conte The universe’s early galaxies were … Read more
Study map of Beaufort, NC (USA) with an inset map showing the location of Beaufort within North Carolina as a red star. Credit: GeoHealth (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GH001020 A new study finds that “sunny day flooding,” which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in … Read more
The multifaceted functions of P450 genes in chemical modification of prenyl indole alkaloids and thermophilic fungal adaption to cold stress. Credit: Professor Xuemei Ni, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Thermophilic fungi are chief components of mycoflora in a variety of natural and manmade composting systems, … Read more
Angelp | Istock | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. Good morning! After a two-year dry spell, initial public offerings by biotech companies showed signs of life during the first three months of 2024. But it’s too early to say that … Read more
Lakes are living systems that can suffer from a large variety of health issues, similar to humans. Credit: Earth’s Future (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023EF004387 Like humans, lakes are living systems that can suffer from a number of health issues, including circulatory and respiratory problems, infections, nutritional imbalances, and heat-related illnesses. Without treatment, these conditions can become … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Genomics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2024.100536 Closely related animal species can look physically different, but you might be surprised to learn that those differences can result not only from DNA sequence changes that alter proteins’ structure or function, but also because changes in the DNA affect how those proteins are expressed. To add … Read more
The optical g-band image of NGC 4262 using the CFHT. A horizontal yellow solid line on the bottom left corner indicates the image scale of 10 kpc. The inset shows the optical color image with a field of view of 7′x 7′. Blue, green, and red colors represent the CFHT u, g and i bands, … Read more
