Therapists call it "functional freeze"— a trauma response where we appear productive on the surface while internally ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2025.240152, discusses how multi-photon bionic skin ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

Study reveals how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of both food allergies and intestinal diseases.

She began exploring this conundrum as a PhD student in the Mucida lab, which focuses on how the intestine balances defense with tolerance ... this to settings so different from those it was ...

On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) proposed two significant rule changes that could reshape ...

Platypus venom is entirely different from other venomous creatures ... This complex chemical cocktail is a dangerous defense, but it might also have beneficial qualities for humans as well.

Understanding stress physiology and molecular response mechanisms in plants is essential for improving crop production and quality, particularly under ...

Particularly intriguing is her chapter entitled "A Form of Altruism," which describes "altruistic surrender," a different defense mechanism that uses projection and identification rather than ...

We can now see where sodium is transported to at different levels of salt stress ... serve to store unwanted products. "But this defense mechanism is energy-intensive, slowing down the plant's ...

Meshing private sector technology with defense platforms presents formidable obstacles. “Many of us interface with the U.S. government through very archaic interface mechanisms,” said Backes ...