Colonies of single-celled creatures could explain how embryos evolved

We know little about how embryonic development in animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, but simple organisms with a multicellular life stage offer intriguing clues ... Read More

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Apr. 17, 2024 — The Warm Arctic-Cold Continent (WACC) phenomenon is the puzzling combination of Arctic warming and extreme coldness in specific mid-latitude regions. However, the progression of ... Read More

Stem cell model offers first glimpse of early human embryonic development

It's one of life's most defining moments -- that crucial step in embryonic ... of early human development. Now Brivanlou and colleagues have demonstrated how a stem cell model system known as ... Read More

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A MedUni Vienna study team led by geneticist Markus Hengstschläger has used a stem cell model to model the earliest stages of embryonic development ... Institute of Science, and the University ... Read More

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Stem cell model offers first glimpse of early human development

It’s one of life’s most defining moments—that crucial step in embryonic ... of early human development. Now Brivanlou and colleagues have demonstrated how a stem cell model system known ... Read More

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Like the tree pollen that might be plaguing you this ... When a single bacterial cell divides into two during periods of rapid growth, it doesn't split in half once it reaches a predetermined size. Read More

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White House orders NASA to develop lunar time standard for celestial bodies April 3 (UPI) -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced it will work to create time standards ... Read More

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Every weekday, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, selects a set of significant and interesting science-related news articles from the mainstream media so you can stay on top of some of the ... Read More

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are ... Read More

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A study by The University of Western Australia has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with a well-known Harry Potter villain. A study by The University of Western ... Read More