Briefing: New rare bird species discovered in Japan
Strategic angle: The Ijima's Leaf Warbler has been identified as a previously unknown species, revealing a fascinating addition to Japan's avian diversity.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Biology
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Briefing: Engineered Anhydrobiotic Cells Detect Odors After Years of Dry, Room-Temperature Storage
Strategic angle: Innovative living cells with olfactory receptors offer a breakthrough in odor detection technology.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: New DNA evidence reveals the complex origin of Palau's first settlers
Strategic angle: A new genetic study published in the journal Cell is filling in some important details about the earliest inhabitants of Palau.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Maize mysteries: Scientists uncover new information on how DNA works in maize
Strategic angle: FSU researchers reveal new insights into the DNA organization in maize, a key species for plant biology.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Why sugar breakdown matters beyond energy—new insights into how it makes cells move
Strategic angle: Researchers uncover the role of sugar breakdown in cell motility, revealing new dimensions of its importance beyond energy production.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Light-controlled hydrogel mimics soft human tissue for more realistic cell studies
Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder create a Jell-O-like material that better simulates human tissue for cell studies.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert
Strategic angle: A decades-old clue leads to the discovery of a new Spinosaurus species in the Sahara.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Sugar-processing enzyme has a hidden second job—controlling when cells divide
Strategic angle: A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, according to a new study.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Cells can sense 10x farther than expected and it may explain cancer spread
Strategic angle: Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch, shedding light on cancer cell behavior.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?
Strategic angle: Recent analysis reveals a concerning trend in the rate of species turnover within ecosystems.
Editorial Staff Mar 15
Briefing: Cell death in photoreceptor cells is reversible, study finds
Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study reveals that photoreceptor cell death, previously thought to be irreversible, can actually be reversed, offering hope for vision restoration.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: New Panama tree species identified after 25 years is already endangered
Strategic angle: A newly discovered tree species in Panama faces immediate threats despite being identified only recently.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Scientists discover ancient DNA “switches” hidden in plants for 400 million years
Strategic angle: Researchers uncover a vast archive of plant DNA, revealing over 2.3 million regulatory sequences.
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Ultrasound-based approach to delivering potent drugs into cancer cells shows promise in benchtop experiments
Strategic angle: Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a technique that uses microbubbles and ultrasound to help relatively large cancer drugs enter tumor cells and cause them to self-destruct.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: How an unlikely all-female clonal fish species copied and pasted itself free from extinction
Strategic angle: The tiny Amazon molly has survived for over 100,000 years against evolutionary odds.
Editorial Staff Mar 13
Briefing: Embryogenesis in 4D: A developmental atlas for genes and cells
Strategic angle: A new imaging method visualizes the activity of thousands of genes during embryo development.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Can rapid evolution 'rescue' species from climate change?
Strategic angle: Researchers discover how the scarlet monkeyflower survived a four-year drought in California through rapid evolution.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Ancient DNA sequences that control gene function across plant evolution uncovered
Strategic angle: A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: Trouble swallowing? A nanogel tweak may keep therapeutic stem cells alive longer
Strategic angle: A new nanogel modification could enhance the viability of stem cells for patients with swallowing difficulties.
Editorial Staff Mar 11
Briefing: Biodegradable nanoparticles can seek and destroy diseased immune cells
Strategic angle: Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed nanoparticles that educate the immune system to target disease-causing cells.
Editorial Staff Mar 11