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  1. Let sleeping cells lie

    Lab-grown tissue provides a way to keep muscle stem cells dormant so biologists can better understand how they work.

  2. Blood supply

    Analysing the gene activity of individual cells reveals changes in how our blood cells are produced with age.

  3. Smells like old age

    Young female mice exposed to scents from older females live longer.

  4. A chemistry lab in the gut

    Bees break down a toxic chemical found in almonds into different products depending on the presence of gut microbes.

  5. Reading the past in an eggshell

    Electron microscopy sheds new light on how different styles of eggshells have evolved in ostriches, emus and other flightless birds.

  6. Keeping the infection alive

    Researchers shed new light on how malaria parasites are able to collect a key nutrient they need to survive in the bloodstream of human hosts.

  7. Two for one

    A new toolbox of approaches reveals how a duo of spring-like proteins is organised in the flight muscles of fruit flies.

  8. Muscling in

    A new set of genetic and imaging tools promises to be a valuable resource for studying muscle development and maintenance in fruit flies.
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