New Technique Sheds Light on the Mysterious Process of Cell Division
Asymmetric division of a primitive model cell composed of a lipid membrane that encapsulates a polymer solution.
Zombie Ants Have Fungus on the Brain, New Research Reveals
A dead carpenter ant attached to leaf in the understory of a Thai forest. Before killing the ant, the fungus growing from ant's head changed the ant's behavior, causing it to bite into the leaf vein. Credit: David Hughes, Penn State University
Largest-Ever 3-D Map of the Distant Universe is Revealed
A zoomed-in view of a small 2-D section of the new 3-D map of intergalactic hydrogen gas in the distant universe. Red areas have more gas; blue areas have less gas. The black scalebar at the bottom right measures one-billion light years. Credit: SDSS
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Have Evolved a Unique Chemical Mechanism, New Discovery Reveals
Scientists have discovered a novel strategy by which antibiotic-resistant bacteria change their genetic make-up to evade multiple antibiotics. Credit: National Institutes of Health
Decoding Human Genes is the Goal of a New Open-Source Encyclopedia
Hardison repairing dna
Scientists Recreate Brain Cells from Skin Cells to Study Schizophrenia Safely
Scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a method for recreating a schizophrenic patient's own neurons in the laboratory. In this microscopic image, nuclei originated from human cells are stained red and stem-cell-derived newborn neurons are stained green. Credit: Gong Chen Laboratory, Penn State University
New Genetic Study Helps to Solve Darwin's Mystery about the Ancient Evolution of Flowering Plants
Amborella trichopoda, a flowering plant. Amborella trichopoda is a basal angiosperm and the earliest surviving branch of the angiosperm tree of life. This plant was included in the Ancestral Angiosperm Genome Project. Credit: Sangtae Kim
Search for Advanced Materials Aided by Discovery of Hidden Symmetries in Nature
A lattice composed of columns of squares that represent repeating molecular structures, one rotated clockwise (colored blue) and another counterclockwise (colored orange) with respect to each other. Credit: Penn State University, Gopalan lab, Ryan Haislmaier
Butterfly Study Reveals Traits and Genes Associated with Establishment of New Populations
A Glanville fritillary butterfly. Credit: James Marden, Penn State
New Kind of Optical Fiber Developed
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