Mindfully Curated
Tetrahymena, a tiny single celled-organism, turns out to be hiding a surprising secret: it’s doing respiration — using oxygen to generate cellular energy — differently from other organisms such as plants, animals or yeasts. The discovery highlights t…
To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects. They found that plants with a mutation at a specific gene foster ecosystems with more insect spe…
New cell-laden bioink, comprised of tightly-packed, flake-shaped microgels and living cells, the production of cell-rich 4D bioconstructs that can change shape under physiological conditions.
Achieving classical herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may not be attainable, according to a new perspective article. However, widespread use of currently available public health interventions to prevent and control COVID…
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In today’s episode you will learn about the process behind heating/cooling your house in this way, and the money a household might save by going this route, with Kathy Hannun, the Founder and President of Dandelion Energy.
The iconic painting has been fodder for generations of artists who offered interpretations of the original in pursuit of depicting the “real” America.
An influencer who goes by the handle @halbaddie has been helping define what “Met Gala Behavior” is in 2022.
New computational simulations of the behavior of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins prior to fusion with human cell receptors show that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is more stable and slower changing than the earlier version that c…
A new study found that specific genetic mutations occurring in just the right locations in the brain are behind the formation of cavernous angiomas, which can bleed and cause strokes and seizures.