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  1. Evolving protection to flu

    After the flu vaccine, antibody-producing immune cells continue to evolve in the lymph nodes, but this is rarely detected in the blood.

  2. Getting the right results

    Improving statistical methods reveals new insights into how the bacterium E. coli grows.

  3. Protecting potatoes

    What are the compounds that certain bacteria produce to fight off microorganisms harmful to potato crops?

  4. What triggers torpor?

    Hummingbirds save energy using torpor, a survival strategy similar to hibernation, to cope with the demands of the breeding season and increase fat stores before migration.

  5. Big, bigger or biggest, a nervy decision

    In axolotls, the size of regenerating limbs depends on the number of nerves they contain, irrespective of the size of the animal.

  6. Lowering bad cholesterol to fight SARS-CoV-2

    Statins are associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization due to infection with SARS-CoV-2.

  7. Understanding how breast cancers grow and migrate

    A protein called HSF1 affects the way many breast cancers respond to the female hormone estrogen.

  8. Signalling specialisation

    Hematopoietic stem cells specifically turn on and off different genes in response to external signalling molecules.
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