A microscopic green pigment can provide major insights into how severe tropical cyclones called typhoons impact water flow and ecosystems. Called chlorophyll a, the pigment is responsible for absorbing light and initiating the photosynthesis process for algae, other plants and some bacteria. The amount of chlorophyll a in a body of water acts as a proxy measurement for the organisms that feed on it, with sharp increases or decreases indicating a disrupted ecosystem.

Syracuse University scientists learned how a flexible, reshaping protein creates temporary sorting and storing centers in stressed cells to potentially protect their health. A companion study found that disrupting this process could be linked to ALS.

Europeans are confused about fungi as food, with 2 in 3 survey respondents not knowing what mycoprotein is, and almost half thinking that mushrooms are plants

Salk scientists find naked mole rat colonies are capable of peaceful queen succession, illuminating a new layer of social complexity for naked mole rats, which are important models in biomedical research on socialization, aging, adaptation, fertility, and more. The findings also help answer broader questions about biological resilience, potentially revealing principles that can explain human health and disease.

New research shows that dialing down an overactive immune sensor can restore tissue health in severe genetic disorders, reshaping how scientists think about aging and DNA damage.

A Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center study reveals new details about how pancreatic cells carrying oncogenic mutations transition from benign to malignant — shining new light on the ecosystem that supports emerging tumors.

Egg cells need to store large amounts of proteins and other molecules to support the earliest stages of development. But how do they organize this supply? Egg cells have a dedicated storage system, but its precise structure has remained unclear for decades. In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from the Leung group Leung group at the Hubrecht Institute describe this structure in mouse oocytes in unprecedented detail. They show that key developmental proteins assemble into a stable complex that fills large portions of the cell. These findings offer new insight into the biology underlying infertility and developmental disorders.