. Scientific Frontline: What Is
Showing posts with label What Is. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What Is. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2026

What Is: The Vagus Nerve

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Vagus Nerve The Core Concept : A massive, bidirectional neural superhig...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

What Is: Powassan Virus—A Scientific Frontline Special Report

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The intricate lipid envelope of the Powassan virus detailed alongside its tick vector, illustrating the pathogen's ecological transmissi...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

What Is: Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs)

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Ghost in the Machine Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Endogenous Retrovir...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

What Is: A Biofilm

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A macroscopic view of biofilm on a metal surface. Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Biofilm Paradigm The ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

What Is: Enteric Nervous System: The Second Brain

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary: The Enteric Nervous System (ENS) The Core Concept : The Enteric Nervous Syst...
Sunday, June 7, 2026

What Is: Extracellular Vesicles (Exosomes)

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Exosomes and Extracellular Vesicles The Core Concept : Exosomes are highly ...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

What Is: Ebola (Orthoebolavirus zairense)

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Ebola virus (species Orthoebolavirus zairense). Image Credit: CDC Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Orthoebol...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

What Is: Xenobots

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : What Are Xenobots? Programmable Biological Organisms The Core Concept : Xen...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

What Is: A Cult

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Cults - Engineered Control The Core Concept : A political or religious cult...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

What Is: The Virome

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The Virome The Core Concept : The virome refers to the vast, complex, and h...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

What Is: Chemosynthesis

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Chemosynthesis—Deep-Sea Sunless Life The Core Concept : Chemosynthesis is t...
Friday, May 1, 2026

What Is: Quantum Biology

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Quantum Biology The Core Concept : Quantum biology is the study of non-triv...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

What Is: Connectomics

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Brain Wiring Explained The Core Concept: Connectomics is the production, s...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

What Is: Biologic Medication

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Visualization depicts a bio-engineered nanoparticle precisely delivering its therapeutic payload of complex protein molecules directly to a ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

What Is: Quorum Sensing

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Quorum Sensing The Core Concept : Quorum sensing is a sophisticated, popula...
Friday, April 10, 2026

What Is: Epigenetics

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Epigenetics The Core Concept : Epigenetics refers to the precise molecular ...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

What Is: Synthetic Biology

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Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Synthetic Biology The Core Concept : Synthetic biology is a transformative ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

What Is: Phytoplankton

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Phytoplankton The Core Concept : Phytopl...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

What Is: Extremism

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Crowd of Trump extremists on the United States Capitol Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Scientific Frontline: Extended ...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

What Is: Collective Delusion

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Group Think, the Collective Mind. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Collec...