A research team has identified subtypes of astrocytes in the white matter of the mouse brain, one of which possesses an ...

Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...

Over time, those single-celled organisms were able to evolve into multicellular life, and eventually into all the living things we see around us. Scientists believe that single-celled organisms ...

Both life and geological processes get their start in the Archaean era amidst a brew of atmospheric gases that probably includes methane and ammonia but little or no free oxygen. As Earth cools, a ...

How does multicellularity evolve? Scientists who study ... such as slime molds and at least one ciliate species, possess very few cell types and do not produce tissues or organs that are ...

This is sickle cell anemia. But it takes two copies of the mutant gene, one from each parent, to give someone the full-blown disease. Many people have just one copy, the other being normal.

They show that evolution has found multiple solutions to build complex ... Spatial transcriptomics reveals extensive neuronal diversification in the chick pallium. - Bottom right: Single-cell RNA ...

Clues to the past can be subtler, but they are found at all levels of evolution--from the great branching points ... evolutionary processes that molded the modern genome. Lander was one of several ...

The first step is to evolve light-sensitive cells. This appears to be a trivial matter. Many single-celled organisms have eyespots made of light-sensitive pigments. Some can even swim towards or ...

The number of resistant strains has increased, partly due to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This has resulted in more infections that are difficult to control. MRSA is methicillin ...