Adding fall blooming plants may help both managed and wild bees in cities
There are nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States, contributing to pollination in agricultural, urban and natural landscapes. […]
Should men and women eat different breakfasts to lose weight?
It’s not a bad thing if you pick a toasted bagel for breakfast, while your partner chooses eggs. In fact,
New technique that makes competition between tumor cells visible can help personalize treatments for multiple myeloma microbiologystudy
A clonal competition assay showing populations of cells with different mutations. Depending on the mutation, each population of cells is
John Hopfield, former MBL Faculty, Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for Artificial Neural Network Development microbiologystudy
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The secret strength of our cell guards
Proteins control most of the body’s functions, and their malfunction can have severe consequences, such as neurodegenerative diseases or cancer. Therefore,
Asymmetric placebo effect in response to spicy food
The expectations humans have of a pleasurable sensation asymmetrically shape neuronal responses and subjective experiences to hot sauce, according to
What we can learn from hungry yeast cells microbiologystudy
What can stressed yeast teach us about fundamental processes in the cell? A lot, according to scientists at the European
DAPK3 emerges as a new regulator of migration of triple-negative breast cancer cells microbiologystudy
Graphic representation of the functional role of DAPK3 in TNBC cells. Credit: PNAS Nexus (2024). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae401 Triple-negative breast cancer
In lab tests, dietary zinc inhibits AMR gene transmission microbiologystudy
Genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from microbe to microbe through circular genetic material called plasmids, and this