It’s no secret dinosaurs possessed their own fair share of dirty habits—most bodies can get pretty gross, no matter the species. But dandruff? Nobody really saw that coming. A new study published in Nature Communications illustrates the discovery of some 125 million-year-old dinosaur dandruff fossils. The findings aren’t just a quick excuse for making a bad Head and Shoulders quip, but […]

Do you have any idea what robots of the future will look like? There surely is plenty of interest in this particular subject. However, it’s a bit difficult to predict what exactly lies ahead for robots, specifically those that are worthy of being deemed “humanoid” or perhaps human-like. Regardless, it’s quite clear that so-called robot […]

SpaceX debuted a more reusable, higher-thrust model of the Falcon 9 rocket Friday, hauling Bangladesh’s first communications satellite into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast. The successful launch propelled SpaceX closer to launching astronauts for NASA, which will fly on the same “Block 5” model of the Falcon 9 rocket that flew Friday. Musk said the […]

A federal court decision has left universities and companies working to preserve intellectual property rights worth billions. US universities and biotechnology companies are scrambling to protect some of their most valuable assets: patents on antibodies. These immune-system molecules form the basis of drugs that rake in about US$100 billion per year. But securing intellectual-property rights to […]

Summary: A new study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize the body in teleost fish, medaka. Identification of cells that determine the female gender in teleost fish (medaka). The pink circles represent germ cells (the common origin of sperm and eggs). Germ cells, irrespective of the sexual fate (to […]

An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, called the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer or MOMA, is a key instrument on the ExoMars Rover, a joint mission between the European […]

Highlights Embryonic mesenchymal progenitors within the splenic primordium (the clustering of cells from which the spleen develops) are the precursors of virtually all spleen stromal cell subsets, including follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), marginal reticular cells (MRCs), and fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs). Spleen stromal cell subsets appear as central regulators of organ development and tissue regeneration, […]

Summary: Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars could hold vital clues that show life once existed there, research suggests. Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars could hold vital clues that show life once existed there, research suggests. These rocks — which formed in lake beds — are the best place to […]

The finding confirms that a cluster of cells that directs the fate of other cells in the developing embryo is evolutionarily conserved across the animal kingdom. The organizer, a group of cells in the embryo that directs the developmental fates and morphogenesis of other embryonic cells, has been identified in human tissue for the first […]

Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma, and the median life expectancy for patients diagnosed with the disease is less than 15 months. MIT researchers have now devised a new drug-delivering nanoparticle that could offer a better way […]