Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered that two fundamental modes of cellular deformation, stretching and bending, can be independently controlled using different molecular building ...

The dried larvae of the yellow mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor) are comparable to beef or poultry in nutritional value, but the mealworm has a far smaller ecological footprint. It was recently ...

Sports are historically ripe ground for myths, but the post-truth age can't mythologize. We can only contort and christen hogwash as the letter; the legend becomes fact before the print can even weigh ...

Objectives The US Environmental Protection Agency has determined that formaldehyde presents an ‘unreasonable risk of injury to human health’. Occupational inhalation exposure is associated with short- ...

When homeschooling, parents have to be resourceful to teach the notorious section of biology that calls for dissection. Dissecting a frog or another animal is a pivotal high school lab memory for many ...

For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at ...

Gut anatomy experiments were performed on insects collected in summer 2022. To study the gut anatomy of the insect, we used visual inspection and dye-based tracking. Various insects were fed 2% (w/v) ...

A new imaging technique enables atomic-scale clarity with compact, low-energy electron microscopes, making high-resolution microscopy more accessible worldwide. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers ...