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A close up on a woman's bicep as she's flexing slightly

How many more calories does muscle burn than fat?

By Kamal Nahas published

There's an idea that larger muscles burn a lot more energy while at rest. But is that true?

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a microscope image of bubble wrap-like tissue

Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap'

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in history.

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An image of the international space station in orbit above Earth

Astronauts to grow livers in space, where microgravity might help them thrive

By Stephanie Pappas published

Researchers think that microgravity could help grow liver "organoids" that could be used in medical research and even in transplant surgeries, someday.

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bright blue cells shown assembling into an early embryo, a sphere with a distinct ridge wrapped around it like a belt

Scientists launch amazing 'atlas' of embryos, showing how cells move and develop through time

By Nicoletta Lanese published

"Zebrahub" is an atlas of cells in developing zebrafish embryos, and scientists say it will help us learn about our own biology, too.

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Medical illustration showing a close-up of a person's arm and hand with the palm facing towards the viewer, against a beige-colored background. Some of the hand is shown in yellow and blood vessels are visible.

Scientists just made mice 'see-through' using food dye — and humans are next

By Emily Cooke published

A common food dye can turn the skin of living mice transparent, but we don't yet know if it'll work in humans.

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Close-up of a scar on the upper-right-hand-side of a person's chest. They appear to be wearing blue denim dungarees and one of the shoulder straps is falling down their arm to showcase the scar. The scar is red and darker than the skin around it and is a long, thin line.

Why are scars permanent?

By Emily Cooke published

Scar tissue differs from normal skin in a few important ways.

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Flourescent images of the heart organoids, shown in blue, green, red and then a colorful composite ima

Scientists are growing teensy hearts to learn which drugs raise risk of congenital defects

By Brett Volmert, Aitor Aguirre, Aleksandra Kostina published

Organoids can replicate each component of the human heart, from its chambers to its veins.

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Microscope image in the center with a blurred version of the image layered behind. The image is of the newly-discovered liver repair cells. The nucleus of these cells can be seen in white and the cell membrane in red. There are also diffuse areas of green and blobs of blue dotted throughout the image, both dark blue and cyan

Scientists discover new type of cell in the liver

By Emily Cooke published

The newly-discovered cells help shed light on how the liver repairs itself after damage.

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Microscope image shows a tube-like structure with four "spikes" or extended-out bits on the top and four on the bottom. A tumor can be seen beginning to form in the bottom right-hand side of the structure.

Scientists just grew super realistic, miniature colons in the lab and gave them cancer

By Emily Cooke published

The tiny colons were grown from mouse stem cells, but human versions could one day be used to test new drugs for colorectal cancer, scientists say.

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Woman can be seen sat on a wooden floor coughing into her elbow while she holds a cup of tea in a blue mug in the other hand. The background is blurred, however, she is sat next to a wooden coffee table and a grey couch with blue cushions. There is also a bookshelf behind her and a wooden stool against a kitchen counter to the right

Scientists uncover the cells that save you when water goes down the wrong pipe

By Emily Cooke published

In a mouse study, scientists uncovered the sensory cells that trigger coughing when you inhale water by mistake.

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