Mitochondrial mechanism links protein folding to heme production and cell energy

Researchers at the University of Cologne have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that links two fundamental processes ...

Two ways to read a genome: Body-wide, single-cell atlas maps DNA folding and methylation together

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...
CounterPunchOpinion

Trump’s Global Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ is Built on a National Security Memo Without Congressional Approval

A little-noticed presidential national security directive is now the legal engine behind a wave of terrorism prosecutions ...

How sea anemone cells reform into an organism

Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered a key mechanism that enables sea anemones to regenerate into fully ...
New Scientist

Everything from cells to stars to particles exists on the edge of chaos

Complex systems, be they living beings or fundamental particles, need to have enough structure to hang together along with ...
The Peak

New laws enshrine latest sexual violence protections into criminal code

Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of sexual violence, femicide, and child sexual abuse. On June 19, the ...
Government ExecutiveOpinion

How a little-known Trump directive reshaped the government's counterterrorism approach

A presidential national security memorandum has become the framework for investigations and prosecutions that critics say ...