Category: Science

A diagram demonstrating how hedgehog molecules are secreted from the producing cells and received by the target cells to induce the signal transduction pathway in target cells. Credit: HKUST Research...

The device can be worn on the upper arm while the wearer goes about their day. Credit: Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics / UC San DiegoImagine being able to measure your blood...

Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.03.005 The lab of Kathy Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of cell and developmental biology, used a multi-disciplinary approach that included...

Researchers uncover critical changes in the thermal properties of energy storage devices during operation, paving the way towards better thermal management.Modern energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors and batteries, have...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought—the driest conditions those regions have seen in a century. And many areas...

Aegilops sharonensis, or Sharon goatgrass, is a wild wheat that possesses a disease-resistance gene that can be used to boost the immunity of wheat and barley, thus helping to improve...

The approach revealed new conserved components of a defense mechanism against cytoskeleton inhibitors. a, LatB interferes with actin polymerization. b, Soil microorganisms deploy (arrows) actin inhibitors (blue circles) for a...

Animation illustrating NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flying on Mars. Credit: NASAThe rotorcraft provided rover scientists an aerial perspective of an interesting rocky outcrop.NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently surveyed an intriguing ridgeline...

Net land carbon sequestration and its components for the primarily reforestation-based scenario and the primarily bioenergy-based scenario. Cumulative (A) net land carbon sequestration [sum of (NBP), carbon fossil fuel offsets...

Credit: K. Franklin/Science, based on K. Tienhaara et al. Fossil fuel companies have access to an obscure legal tool that could jeopardize worldwide efforts to protect the climate, and they're...