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Category: Biology

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This new adrenal cell makes mice better parents

Posted on September 2, 2024August 13, 2025 by Amruta Tendolkar

Scientists found a new type of cell in the adrenal glands of monogamous mice that promotes parenting behaviors.

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    Spinal stimulation helps stroke patients hit their stride

    Posted on August 19, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers combined spinal cord stimulation with walking exercises to improve stroke survivors’ balance, walking symmetry, speed, and…

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      How complex life arose under extreme stress

      Posted on August 12, 2024June 26, 2025 by Meri Herrero

      Scientists discovered molecules that helped the first complex life forms build strong cell membranes to withstand extreme environments.

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        Could tardigrades survive on Mars?

        Posted on August 5, 2024June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

        Researchers found tiny, indestructible “water bears” survived exposure to high levels of toxic salts similar to those found in Martian…

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          An interactive virtual assistant for cancer research

          Posted on July 29, 2024June 25, 2025 by Halimat Chisom Atanda

          Scientists developed an Alexa-based virtual assistant to help researchers and clinicians understand and interpret cancer genome data.

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            Researchers used bottled “lightning” to make ingredients for life

            Posted on June 20, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Scientists used spark discharge experiments to test whether lightning converted enough nitrogen to a usable form to support the origins of…

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              How quickly did life recover from the end-Permian mass extinction?

              Posted on June 17, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Paleontologists described exceptionally well-preserved fossils of a complex marine ecosystem that developed within 1 million years of a…

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                How did nautiloids survive​​ extinction?

                Posted on May 20, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Researchers found nautiloids outlived other shelly creatures in the late-Cretaceous extinction because they had slower metabolisms.

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                  Researchers developed new AI to treat cancer

                  Posted on May 13, 2024June 26, 2025 by Ankita Murmu

                  Scientists created an artificial intelligence model, called CancerGPT, that predicted the effect of different drug combinations on patients…

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                    Scientists tackle mosquito-borne viruses with CRISPR

                    Posted on May 6, 2024August 13, 2025 by Amruta Tendolkar

                    Researchers developed a new CRISPR protein that cuts viral RNA to combat diseases like yellow fever.

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