Mighty microscopic fibers are the key to cell division and life itself

Every second, millions of cells in your body divide in two. In the space of an hour, they duplicate their DNA and grow a web ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I know Excel experts hate this function, but it’s still my favorite secret weapon

The INDIRECT function has a rep for being a "nightmare," but for building reactive dashboards, it’s irreplaceable. Here is ...
How-To Geek on MSN

How to use the REDUCE function in Microsoft Excel

Macros are powerful, but they don't work on the web or mobile. I’ve switched to the native REDUCE function for my complex ...
Interesting Engineering

Scientists build first breathing ‘lung-on-chip’ model using only one person’s cells

For the first time, a breathing lung model has been made using cells from only one person. Announced on January 1, the development comes from researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London and ...
News Medical

Scientists reverse aging in blood stem cells by restoring lysosome function

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered how to reverse aging in blood-forming stem cells in mice by correcting defects in the stem cell's lysosomes. The breakthrough ...
Frontiers

Multi-phases of islet beta-cell function change in type 2 diabetes mellitus and its influencing factors

Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China Aims: Based on cross-sectional and follow-up data, we aimed to explore the ...
New Atlas

Artificial neuron melds electronics and biology to function like the real thing

Scientists have built an artificial neuron that’s so realistic it fires, learns, and responds to chemical signals just like the real thing – a breakthrough that could transform computing, medicine, ...
eLife

Horizontally transferred cell-free chromatin particles function as autonomous ‘satellite genomes’ and vehicles for transposable elements within host cells

The authors examine the effect of cell-free chromatin particles (cfChPs) derived from human serum or from dying human cells on mouse cells in culture and propose that these cfChPs can serve as ...
earth

Body tissues use electricity to expel weak cells

Inside our bodies, countless decisions play out silently at the cellular level. Some cells divide, some die, and others are forced out when they no longer serve their purpose. A study from King’s ...