Category: 7. Science

The morphogenesis of complex tissues depends on the harmonious coordination of cell proliferation, cell specification, and tissue patterning events. Tissue boundaries play an important role in this process by preventing, at specific…

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NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed an astonishing new chapter in the story of Enceladus, Saturn’s icy moon long regarded as one of the Solar System’s most promising locations for extraterrestrial life.

For the first time, scientists have…

Scientists from the…

Quantum satellites are used to send light particles from space to multiple ground stations to create ultra-secure communication links.

However, research conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has…

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just…

Chameleons’ wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of study, modern imaging has revealed the secret of their nearly 360-degree view and uncanny ability to look in two…

Affinity-based separations rely heavily on the chemistry used to immobilize ligands and analytes on separation supports, a factor that directly impacts selectivity, stability, and reproducibility. In this interview with LCGC International, David…

In the Physical Review Letters work, the NYU researchers created “metamaterials,” which are engineered materials with properties stemming from their structure rather than their chemical nature. However, a challenge in creating metamaterials…