For many of us who work in scientific publishing, the title of this Editorial is a question we hear all the time when we're out talking to academics. And it's a perfectly reasonable one. After all, re...

Off the coast of Japan, biologists netted a pea-size jellyfish with an unusual circadian clock — a chance finding that suggests there are likely more overlooked biological timekeeping mechanisms to be...

Dozens of Stand Up for Science gatherings nationwide focused on the importance of science for federal policymaking.

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

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There were a lot of whales here this January and the winter months are a great time to see them in the Salish Sea. On this episode we talk about our January encounters and who has been present in the ...

Nature Communications - This study shows that adherent cells maintain membrane tension gradients even without moving. Using a fluorescent probe, the authors reveal that actin and adhesion forces...

The control of animal homeostasis and repair has been studied for decades, mostly from a molecular and biochemical perspective. Recent research shows that biophysical factors, such as mechanical forc…

Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans

In this review, Weichselberger, Moore et al. discuss how physics-based approaches illuminate organoid development and homeostasis by integrating mechanical, chemical, and informational processes. They...

Comprehensive overview of abortion care based on WHO health guidelines. Learn about safe abortion procedures, global statistics, healthcare access barriers, and the impact on maternal health worldwide...

For the first time, researchers have created a map which explains how the genome gives rise to different cell types in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. It's the first genome r...

Shape changes are ubiquitous in biology, from cytokinesis at the single cell scale to tissue-scale morphogenesis involving coordinated changes in hundreds of cells. In all cases, morphogenesis is powe...

New work from the Steinmetz group at the Michael Sars Centre unveils the secrets behind the starlet sea anemone's extraordinary ability to adjust its body size according to food availability.

Regeneration restores a damaged body part to its original size, shape and structure. Research over the last decades identified signaling pathways, cel…

A new version of TrackMate with improved integration of key AI algorithms and track edition improvements -