Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct the complex dynamics of how cells decide their fate.
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A new way to map how cells choose their fate
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A Gut Microbe That May Prevent Weight Gain
The vast community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract–the gut microbiome, has many close links to human health and well-being. The gut microbiome can vary significantly from one person to…
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A Gut Microbe That May Prevent Weight Gain
The vast community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract–the gut microbiome, has many close links to human health and well-being. The gut microbiome can vary significantly from one person to…
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The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it
Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found that large sharks can spend hours far below the ocean surface in the mesopelagic zone, a layer stretching from 200 to 1,000 meters (650 to 3,300 feet) deep. This dim region…
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Ancient mega-shark ruled Australian seas 15 million years before megalodon
In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period.
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How One of the Simplest Animals Precisely Folds Itself
Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a European laboratory in the 1880s, and are thought to live naturally throughout the…
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How One of the Simplest Animals Precisely Folds Itself
Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a European laboratory in the 1880s, and are thought to live naturally throughout the…
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The oxytocin system mediates behavioral and neurobiological alterations associated with early adversity
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Essential Proteins Are Locked in a Never-Ending Evolutionary Arms Race
A study explains how a crucial protein complex that protects DNA can respond to emerging challenges while continuing to perform its core role effectively. In Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, Alice finds herself trapped in an endless…
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Why we may be misreading our dogs' emotions
Humans and dogs have been living together side by side for thousands of years, so you would think we know everything about our four-legged friends by now. But we may not understand them as well as we think we do.
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