Organized lipid nanoparticles in which the cargo is neatly structured are shown on the right, and amorphous lipid ...

Mycobacteria have evolved sophisticated ways to hijack human immune cells and avoid being destroyed. Specifically, they ...

Thymine modified polymer for delivering DNA into cells. A thymine modified compound, poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG), is bound ...

Using cryo-electron microscopy—a technique that images flash-frozen proteins with an electron beam—researchers captured multiple conformational snapshots of the cold sensing channel, TRPM8, as it ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of ...

Cleaner fish interacted with a mirror in their tank in a way that suggests ‘contingency testing’ intelligence, a higher form of smarts typically found in mammals. This finding coupled with faster self ...

TRPV4, an ion channel, is found in neurons classically associated with touch, called Aβ low-threshold mechanoreceptors. New research indicates that TRPV4 can generate itch, but it also helps trigger a ...

Getting enough sleep may be more important for heart health than many busy professionals realize. A new multicenter study ...

Recently re-exposed mosses, photographed in 2024 by Prof Peter Convey. These mosses had been covered by ice for around a thousand years.

Researchers used a virus-based CRISPR system to precisely edit the gatekeeper enzyme HMGR in petunias and lettuce, ...

An Adelie penguin photographed by Prof Bethan Davies. Adelie penguins are highly dependent on sea ice coverage and a healthy population of krill, both of which are placed at risk by the climate crisis ...

Harvard researchers have developed OpenMetabolics, an open-source, smartphone-based activity monitor that uses machine ...