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Microbead Lasers Reveal Cellular Forces in Complex Tissue Environments

Researchers have developed tiny flexible lasers that can be used to measure forces inside living cells.

30 Apr 2026

Drug Development: Development of Dextran Nanoparticles for Stabilizing Delicate Proteins

Nanoscale Research Letters, an open access journal published under Springer Open, presented a study entitled "Development of Dextran Nanoparticles for Stabilizing Delicate Proteins." In this study, a Brookhaven NanoBrook 90Plus Particle Size Analyzer was used to help develop a novel approach to stabilize and encapsulate proteins into dextran nanoparticles.

From Brookhaven Instruments 29 Apr 2026

High Resolution Images Reveal DNA Repair Process in Key Protein

Scientists have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein's DNA repair process, a finding that could reveal ways to inhibit the effects of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations that heighten the risk for breast, ovarian and other cancers.

28 Apr 2026

Dense Early Brain Networks Become Structured Through Developmental Pruning

One important area of the brain involved in memory formation and spatial orientation is the hippocampus. It helps people remember and expand upon their experiences by converting short-term memories into long-term ones.

27 Apr 2026

Plant Peroxisome Study Offers New Insights Into Conserved Cellular Functions

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage when they can't absorb light just yet, they rely on other sources, like fatty acids.

25 Apr 2026

Fragment-Based Drug Design Accelerates Efficient Discovery of New Medicines

Modern medicine has played a significant role in improving the length and quality of our lives. While many treatments may seem like miracles, they are the result of a lengthy, rigorous research process.

24 Apr 2026

New Study Uncovers Previously Undetected Form of DNA Damage

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, along with internal processes like inflammation, can generate oxidative stress that damages DNA and its downstream partner, RNA, which can lead to faster aging and diseases such as cancer.

24 Apr 2026

New VIS-Fbs Technology Offers Sharper Images of Living Cellular Processes

Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.

23 Apr 2026

AI-Powered Microscopy Enables Real-Time Imaging of Living Cells

Using artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new way to watch the inner workings of living cells in real time.

22 Apr 2026

New Molecular Imaging Technology Illuminates Proteins Inside Living Cells

Fluorescent probes have transformed modern biology by allowing researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals.

22 Apr 2026

Brain Immune Cells Play Key Role in Glioblastoma Tumor Infiltration

Glioblastoma, the most common and most aggressive brain tumor type in adults, remains difficult to treat because it can infiltrate surrounding brain tissue and spread far beyond the main tumor.

22 Apr 2026

Epigenetic Regulators Shape Gene Activity in Unexpected Ways

A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a gene on or off.

21 Apr 2026

Stem Cell Model Reveals Mechanics of Early Human Embryo Development

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic manipulation.

21 Apr 2026

Single-Molecule Imaging Reveals How Anabaena Maintains Its Rectangular Shape

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape Planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in our atmosphere and made complex life possible, captivating scientists for decades. Now, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) report a surprising new discovery-a system thought to separate DNA has developed to sculpt the shape of the cell in cyanobacteria instead. The results, published in Science, shed light on how protein systems evolve and how multicellularity emerged in this type of ecologically essential bacteria.

17 Apr 2026

Brain Discovery Links Interhemispheric Communication to Spatial Memory

A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has identified a brain circuit essential for spatial memory.

15 Apr 2026

Nanodisc Platform Shows How Antibodies Really Target Viruses

Viruses are masters at entering human cells, thanks to specialized proteins that coat their surfaces.

13 Apr 2026

CU Boulder Study Shows Genetic Link Between Mental and Physical Illness

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments.

10 Apr 2026

Largest African Genomic Study Reveals New Kidney Disease Insights

An international research collaboration led by the University of the Witwatersrand and Queen Mary University of London has published the most comprehensive genomic investigation of kidney function ever conducted in African populations, shedding new light on the genetics of chronic kidney disease (CKD) across diverse African populations.

8 Apr 2026

Researchers Discover Prenatal Genetic Origins of Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium channel mutations disrupt early brain development and predispose children to epilepsy and related cognitive challenges.

6 Apr 2026

Pearling Mechanism Regulates Precise Spacing of Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondria are often described as the cell's power plants, because they generate energy. To help them achieve this, mitochondria carry their own small genome called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).

3 Apr 2026