A novel cell type with interlocked packing found to be responsible for the hardness of walnuts’ shell
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Crop Tolerance to Herbicides through Artificial Evolution
The domestication of crops is a directed evolutionary process that has lasted for most of human history. It has allocated naturally occurring mutations that encode traits for higher production, better taste, and convenient cultivation. These traits can better manage...
The Mystery of Horse Domestication Deepens
By a process of elimination, ancient DNA sequences are clarifying the history of horse culture.1 Domestic horses were genetically very diverse for the last five millennia. However, in the last thousand years, this pool of diversity is shallower due to breeding for...
Assessing the Fertility of Sperm
Machine-learning applied to IVF.
Minimal Cells, Maximal Impact
Members of the Max Planck Research Network in Synthetic Biology put together a special issue on synthetic cells for Advanced Biosystems.
How to Reduce Stress at the Nanoscale Level
Scientists measured nanoscale structural alterations in the brains of mice after chronic corticosterone administration using a novel nanoscale optical imaging technique and gene expression analysis.
IL7 Receptor Signaling in T Cells: A Mathematical Modelling Perspective
How T cells maintain homeostasis and maximize the size of the peripheral T cell pool are important questions that have fascinated both immunologists and mathematicians.
The Unusual Genitalia of Bark Lice
Unique selection pressures can lead to curious outcomes.
Novel Biofilm Architectures: Building Bridges
Bacteria are able to build biofilm bridges to connect with adjacent bacterial colonies.
Biodegradation of Plastic Waste
Researchers in Germany exploit enzymes to break down and recycle the most widely-used plastic for packaging.
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