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German researchers discover how one-celled organism makes memories without a brain

Scientists have identified how the giant unicellular slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, uses its own body network to encode the position of a food source for future use.

Oregon State study finds new way to monitor whales' hormone health

The physiology of baleen whales is not well understood, but a new research project is changing what marine biologists know about the health and environmental stress of these large aquatic animals.

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Genomic study sheds new light on the evolutionary relationship of amphibians

A new genomic study of how the three orders of amphibians evolved and diverged over millions of years, provides an updated view of amphibian evolutionary discordances, and of the differing explanations of amphibian relationships.

Lehigh study: Yeast takes a nonlinear evolutionary pathway

Contrary to common belief, evolution sometimes produces organisms that are less fit than their distant ancestors.

Italian study: COVID-19 health care workers at high risk for post-traumatic stress

A group of Italian medical researchers has issued a "call for action" to the medical community to protect frontline healthcare workers from heavy psychological stress in dealing with COVID-19 patients.

New light-emitting tattoos have a variety of applications

Researchers have demonstrated an easy way to transfer ultrathin organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) to temporary tattoo paper that can be applied to any kind of surface. The result is a light-emitting tattoo.

New design tool 'IRENE' increases efficiency of cell conversions

Scientists have developed a new, more efficient method for converting one type of human cell into another type of human cell for use in disease modeling, cell transplants, and gene therapies.