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Squares, triangles, circles: regardless of their form, bacteria can figure out where to split (... w
The E.coli bacterium, a very common resident of people’s intestines, is shaped as a tiny rod about 3 micrometers long. For the first...
Jun 22, 20153 min read
Adapting Nanoscience Imaging Tools to Study Ants' Heat-Deflecting Adaptations
The tiny hairs of Saharan silver ants possess crucial adaptive features that allow the ants to regulate their body temperatures and...
Jun 19, 20155 min read
Researchers Discover First Sensor of Earth’s Magnetic Field in an Animal
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has identified the first sensor of the Earth’s magnetic field in...
Jun 18, 20153 min read
Tissue ‘scaffold’ technology could help rebuild large organs
Scientists have developed a new tissue ‘scaffold’ technology that could one day enable the engineering of large organs. Research led by...
Jun 17, 20153 min read
Alternative routes to immortality
Every time a cell divides, the ends of chromosomes – the threads of DNA residing in the nucleus – shorten a bit. Once the chromosome...
Jun 17, 20153 min read
Researchers sequence and assemble first full genome of a living organism using technology the size o
TORONTO, June 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Researchers in Canada and the U.K. have for the first time sequenced and assembled de novo the full genome...
Jun 16, 20153 min read
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