A 3-dimensional model of a natural killer cell (purple) with granules (yellow) attaching to a target cell (gray). A pseudo color scale shows differences in packing density of lipids on NK cell membrane, with warmer colors indicating higher density. Credit: Orange lab, CUIMCA recently uncovered fat 'guard' that avoids natural killer cells from being...
Loui (the juvenile male orangutan) using the core as an active element to vertically strike on the concrete floor of the testing room during the Flake Trading condition of Experiment 2. Credit: Motes-Rodrigo et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Untrained, captive orangutans can finish two significant steps in the routine of stone tool use:...
Neuroterus valhalla is a newly described species of cynipid gall wasp discovered in the branches of a live oak tree near the Rice University graduate student pub Valhalla. Credit: Miles Zhang/Smithsonian NMNHIts name sounds legendary, but the newly uncovered insect Neuroterus (noo-ROH'- teh-rus) Valhalla does not look or act the part. It is barely...
Scientists have found new insights about lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease, which affects approximately 1 in 200,00 Americans and typically includes the growth of abnormal cells in different tissues and organs, including the lungs.Lymphangioleiomyomatosis researchAs scientists studied LAM cells in the lab, they found a "mixed phenotype," or distinctions in physical expression in...
This fluorescence microscopy image shows yeast vacuoles that have undergone phase separation. Credit: Luther Davis/Alexey Merz/University of WashingtonMembranes are essential to our cells. Every cell in your body is encased by one. And each of those cells contains specialized chambers, or organelles, which are similarly confined by membranes.Membranes assist cells in accomplishing tasks like...
IHU Covid-19 New Variant - More Infectious than OmicronIt was just recently that the new variant of covid-19, Omicron, was recognized first in South Africa multiply promptly around the globe, one more new Covid-19 variation is being reported from France which is believed to be increasingly more contagious than Omicron. Scientists have called the...
The process might additionally "solve a serious emergency comparable to the Apollo 13 calamity."A brand-new type of inexpensive real estate has been suggested for future Mars colonists. All the astronauts are required to do is pay in blood.Scientists from the College of Manchester proposed-- we guarantee this is not the story of a 90s...
Climate change is not only a human concern; animals have to adjust to it too. Some "warm-blooded" animals are shapeshifting and getting bigger beaks, legs, and ears to manage their body temperatures better as the planet's temperature increases. Bird scientist Sara Ryding of Deakin University in Australia explains these modifications in a review released...
The level to which the brain's wiring aligns with its activity patterns can differ with sex and age and could be hereditary, proposes research published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment might additionally have ramifications on cognition.The results released July 12 in Nature Communications assist shed light on one...
Researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel College of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM) and the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society London (ZSL) discovered that tiger sharks, often regarded as lone nomadic species, are social animals, having preferences for each other.A first of its kind, the study additionally evaluated if exposure of...
