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University of Pittsburgh researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA replication in host cells.

Tiny structures called nuclear speckles act as as waterways within cells, ebbing and flowing on a 12-hour cycle like cellular tides.

Marcus Eriksen was studying plastic pollution in the Arabian Gulf when he met camel expert Ulrich Wernery. “[Ulrich] said, ‘You want to see plastic? Come with me.’ So we went deep into the desert,” Eriksen recalls. Before long, they spotted a camel skeleton and began to dig through sand and bones.

Neural connections in the mouse neocortex can release multiple packages of neurotransmitters per electrical impulse, a study finds.

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

Scientific studies are skewed toward plants with colorful and conspicuous blooms, according to researchers who argue that these findings indicate an ‘aesthetic bias’ in plant research.

Giant hornets from Asia can quickly kill off an entire honeybee hive. But bees have found one stinky way to fend off these predators. Their tactic: smearing the entrance to their hives with animal dung.

A tidy-up of a New Zealand storage room led to the sale of naming rights for three new-to-science Galápagos Islands species.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic marches on, new, rapid tests offer hope for pumping the brakes on the virus’ spread.

Just as marine creatures occupy different depths of the ocean, snow algae species are found at different elevations in the mountains, according to a new study that sheds light on the organisms responsible for the famous but poorly understood phenomena of green and red snow.

On Saturday before dawn, entomologists launched their attack on a colony of snoozing murder hornets. Clad in cartoonish protective suits and brandishing a vacuum hose, they sucked 85 wasps alive from the nest and suffocated the rest with carbon dioxide and expanding foam.