Scientists Discover a Surprising New Heat Sensor Hidden in Nerve Cells
A mechanosensitive channel once thought to detect only physical force turns out to help sensory neurons register burning heat, with ...
Tag: PLOS Biology
When a Paper No Longer Means Science: Biology’s reckoning With AI-Generated Research
A PLOS Biology perspective argues that generative AI has severed the link between writing a scientific paper and doing real ...
Brain organoids without immune cells may miss the real story of neurodegeneration
A PLOS Biology Perspective argues that immune and vascular cells, especially microglia, must be core components of neural organoids used ...
Placental Hormone GDF15 Emerges as Key Driver of Fetal Growth and Potential Therapy
New research in mice and pigs shows that the placental hormone GDF15 drives fetal growth by activating a STAT3-IGF2 signaling ...
Oxytocin in the Brain’s Septum Lets Mice Learn Safe Foods From Friends
New research in PLOS Biology shows that oxytocin receptor signaling in the dorsal lateral septum is essential for mice to ...
Your Eyes Betray How Your Brain Organizes Working Memory Under Pressure
New research shows that spontaneous eye movement sequences mirror the hidden structure of working memory and shift to replay-like patterns ...
Your Voice Box Shapes How Languages Diverge, Study Finds
A new biocultural model shows that individual differences in vocal tract anatomy leave consistent acoustic signatures that can drive the ...
Costly Traits Decoded: New Model Unites Energy and Protein Budgets to Predict Life’s Trade-offs
A new PLOS Biology study unifies energy and proteome allocation models into a single framework that predicts how the resource ...
PrimeStack: New Gene-Stacking Tool Writes Large DNA Cargos Into Rice Genomes at Precise Sites
Scientists have developed PrimeStack, a break-free genome-editing platform that combines prime editing with the Bxb1 integrase to insert large multigene ...
How Tiny Differences in Our Vocal Tracts May Have Shaped the World’s 7,000 Languages
A new PLOS Biology study shows that natural anatomical variation in human vocal tracts leaves systematic acoustic signatures in speech ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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