Science & Technology
Telling left from right: Cilia as cellular force sensors during embryogenesis
A new study now reveals that cilia in the organizer function as sensors for mechanical force exerted by flow to shape the left-right body plan of the developing embryo.
Two out of three glaciers could be lost by 2100
Scientists have made new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios.
Newly discovered anatomy shields and monitors brain
Researchers describe a previously unknown component of brain anatomy that acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells surveil the brain for infection and inflammation.
Alzheimer’s disease researchers study gene associated with the brain’s immune cells
Researchers are studying how the reduction of a gene variant found in the brain’s immune cells could diminish the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Invasive rats transform reef fish behavior
Scientists have discovered for the first time that invasive rats on tropical islands are affecting the territorial behavior of fish on surrounding coral reefs. The new study shows that the presence of invasive black rats on tropical islands is causing …