Osaka, Japan – Mitochondria are constantly dividing and fusing within our cells, reshaping themselves to keep up with the cell’s changing needs. Sometimes, though, things go awry and mitochondria can grow abnormally long. Are these…
Putting the “bang” in the Big Bang
Physicists simulate critical “reheating” period that kickstarted the Big Bang in the universe’s first fractions of a second. As the Big Bang theory goes, somewhere around 13.8 billion years ago the universe exploded into being,…
WHO declare, two out of three wild poliovirus…
On the World Polio Day, WHO announces wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has been eradicated worldwide. Following the eradication of smallpox and wild poliovirus type 2, this news represents a historic achievement for humanity, according…
Winter dust storms may collapse of the Akkadian…
Ancient Akkadian Empire of Mesopotamia fossil coral provide new evidence that frequent winter shamals, contributed to its collapse. The Akkadaina Empire, first empire of Mesopotamia was wiped out by strong dust storms, according to new…
CN neuron control sugar levels in the fly…
The latest research published in Nature shows a single neuron appears to monitor and control sugar levels in the fly body. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and New York…