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In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

By applying advanced structural biology techniques, Kovalev discovered that the secret to their blue color is the same rare ...

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

Specialized structure, dubbed a “hemifusome” by University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institutes of ...

Scientists have developed a technique that aligns stem cells into a single sheet, resulting in a marked increase in the secretion of signaling proteins which help repair tissue and regulate the immune ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

A new organelle has been discovered in human cells — and scientists call it a "hemifusome."Like the full-size organs in our ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...