What makes a good egg?

The fragile pink sea urchin, in contrast to its name, is less vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than other urchin species currently fished in Southern California

UC San Diego researchers find small sets of hippocampal neurons activate for each episodic memory

There is a critical need to non-invasively and remotely manipulate cells at a distance, particularly for translational applications in animals and humans, researchers said

Using X-ray beams and lasers, researchers studied how a new promising class of solar cell materials, called hybrid perovskites, behaves at the nanoscale level during operation

Massive global research collaboration known as the Earth Microbiome Project catalogs planet’s microbial diversity at unprecedented scale

Experiments provide details of mechanisms underlying viruses and infections

Forgotten strands of DNA initiate the development of immune cells

The biofuel cells generate 10 times more power per surface area than any existing wearable biofuel cells

Insights such as gene transfer ‘islands’ provide window into dynamics of microbial ecosystems

The technology could also enable a new class of devices that can be powered by harvesting energy from low-power sources, such as the body or the surrounding environment, researchers said

Small, randomized clinical trial reported measurable, but transient, benefits after single dose of suramin, highlighting novel causative theory and need for more, larger and longer trials

The zinc batteries could be used to power everything from wearable sensors to solar cells and other kinds of electronics

Reducing intestinal fungi slowed disease progression in mice

The bone-like implant gives donor cells their own space to live and grow without competition, eliminating the need to wipe out the host’s pre-existing cells