Schmidt Ocean Institute announced 31 previously undescribed marine species from a two-week expedition off Brazil, a rapid burst of discovery from one of Earth’s least familiar habitats. The findings came from an official announcement describing work aboard the research vessel R/V Falkor (too), where an international team explored the ocean’s dim midwater with robotic vehicles…
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Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a previously unknown immune cell in regenerative flatworms that destroys nearby threats by exploding within minutes. The study, published in Cell on June 2, 2026, identifies the cells as “ruptoblasts” and describes a rapid self-destruct process called ruptosis. The finding came from planarian flatworms, tiny animals famous for rebuilding…
A study in Nature Communications found that people with tuberculosis who have few or no recognized symptoms may still spread Mycobacterium tuberculosis inside their homes. The finding comes from a case-contact study in eastern China, where researchers compared infection rates among people living with symptomatic and minimally symptomatic tuberculosis patients. The result challenges a familiar…
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, revealing how cells coordinate timed bursts of gene activity that guide growth. The work, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, points to a shared timing system that helps an animal move through development in…
