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A new paper details a method of characterizing every cell in the cornea using an approach known as single-cell RNA sequence analysis to answer questions about the cornea's healing process.

Rising temperatures in Germany's largest drinking water reservoir present new challenges for the drinking water supply. According to researchers, the impacts of this increase can be alleviated by mitigating climate change and applying new management strategies.

Scientists have now addressed a bottleneck in the protein trafficking system, dendritic branch points.

Bioinformaticians at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany together with colleagues from Finland and the USA, have now developed a unique method with which all metabo­lites in a sample can be taken into account, thus considerably increasing the knowledge gained from examining such molecules.

When starvation threatens, forest-dwelling bacteria work collectively to form fruiting bodies, spongy mushroom-like growths that promote survival. Researchers have identified how these bacteria harness the same physical laws that lead to the whorls of a fingerprint to build the structures layer by layer.

Scientists have found that bacterial groups spread more rapidly over surfaces when the individuals inside them move slowly.

Scientists lay down guidelines on how using different solvents to recycle industrial waste can yield the calcium carbonate that various industries require.

Compared with people who ate meat, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes on average, had a 43% higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body (total fractures), as well as higher risks of site-specific fractures of the hips, legs and vertebrae, according to a recent study.

A new high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy study shows how the Chinese tarantula stinger quickly locks voltage sensors on sodium channels, the tiny pores on cell membranes that create electrical currents and generate signals to operate nerves and muscles. This discovery provides a molecular template for future structure-based drug design of pain therapeutics.

A new study reports on a new kind of immunotherapy that gives hope of more treatment options for cancer in the future.