13+ hour, 45+ min ago  (207+ words) A team of researchers using cryo-electron tomography, a technique that produces three-dimensional microscopic images, has recently discovered a previously unknown nanostructure within the tails of sperm cells. Thousands of motor proteins " molecules that are capable of movement " are attached to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (406+ words) To understand the genetic transformations that have shaped the evolution of fruit flies into their current form, American researchers have revived an ancient gene. This research generally aims to delve deeper into the mechanisms of evolution. No, this isn't a…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (482+ words) Glass Almanac A team of Chinese researchers has announced the alteration of DNA in twin newborn girls to make them resistant to the HIV virus, a statement that has puzzled the scientific community. First Genetically Modified Babies? Did they really…...