China’s Tiangong space station has received new, unusual guests. While fruit flies are annoying in the kitchen, they can help solve some serious science mysteries while in space. The small insect, ...

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Scientists in Boston, Massachusetts, have made reprogrammed stem cells from the blood of centenarians. They plan to share the cells with other researchers to improve understanding of the factors ...

"Adipocytes [fat cells] are known to go through a kind of identity crisis in obesity — they kind of forget who they are and what they are supposed to be doing," Hinte told Live Science.

It’s the beauty of science. Q. What are nanomachines capable of doing today? A. They are still quite primitive, and it is difficult to improve them, but after eight years of work, we have motors and ...

Researchers propose a new mathematical definition of death based on whether a potentially dead cell can return to a ... death is crucial in terms of science and also in terms of social implications." ...

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...

What do these findings mean for science? Potentially a lot. For starters, the team's discovery shows cells are a lot smarter than previously imagined, which could reshape how we understand ...

In a new study of mouse cells, scientists found that both the ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, told Live Science in an email. In 2023, Raman and her colleagues found that triggering ...