News
- Health & Medicine
Aging cells may promote tumors nearby
Cells that enter a state called senescence in older individuals may stimulate nearby cells to become tumors.
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Gene change speaks to language malady
Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that may lie at the root of a severe speech and language disorder observed across four generations of a British family.
- Animals
Shrimps spew bubbles as hot as the sun
With the snap of a claw, a pinkie-size ocean shrimp generates a collapsing air bubble that's hot enough to emit faint light.
- Chemistry
Molecules get microscopic bar code labels
Researchers have created tiny, striped tags for labeling and tracking biologically important molecules.
