Researchers have confirmed that contagious blood cancers can spread between different species of clams, raising concerns about the potential ecological threat posed by these diseases.
A study suggests that some butterfly and moth species may have evolved transparent patches on their wings as a dual defence system, and reveals an unexpected diversity of structures that enable this transparency.
A large-scale systematic investigation to replicate high-impact, preclinical cancer biology experiments identified barriers to conducting replications and observed weaker evidence for the findings compared with the original experiments. Unnecessary friction in the research process may be slowing the advancement of knowledge, solutions and treatments.
Novel software for grouping immunological T-cell receptors may enable the identification of shared patterns that could be used to determine if a person has previously been infected or vaccinated against a given pathogen.
