The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae. Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial […]
Category: Biology
A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring
It’s possible to send electrical signals right through human tissues. Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation. […]
Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool. AI-based tools seem to be causing […]
What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles
Skip to content Wing patterns, flight dynamics create “motion dazzle” effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction. Old-fashioned striped […]
Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults. Back in the 1930s, scientists noticed […]
Contrary to some reports, you don’t have two brains
A bad press release makes a good excuse to look at how developmental biology works. Late last week, we started […]
T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant
Isotope ratios provide a hint that the giants were actively managing temperatures. For most of the last century, T. rex […]
Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep
Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep. For a long time, sleep research has treated […]
A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it
A novel foraging strategy First, Bubbles would scan the environment using echolocation to identify a suitable target fish. The dolphin […]
Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse’s cortex
The results are only a slight improvement over missing the entire brain structure. The human cells extend processes (in green) […]