Here is a eight animal species who can regenerate their body parts. Salamanders tend to regrow their tails, weeks after dropping the old one and the new appendage is fully functional. But some species ...

But researchers found that a starfish's five-arm shape helps solve this problem. Inspired by how a starfish flips itself over -- shrinking one of its arms and using the others in a coordinated ...

An experimental new wearable device is designed to make that happen, by copying the body structure of the starfish. When it comes to checking people's hearts, a technique known as Doppler ...

Scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a starfish-shaped wearable device that can measure heart rate in real-time. The device is inspired by the arm movements of a starfish and ...

But very little is known about how they regenerate and why they live seemingly forever," said Guo, who is a member of the U-M Institute of Gerontology. His lab is examining the aging process in ...

Stress during the first years of life can have effects that last into adulthood. Less is known, however, about the possible inheritance of the consequences of early-life stress by the next generation.

Mar. 26, 2025 — Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata ...

Take stem cells, for example. These are the body's built-in repair mechanisms, responsible for regenerating tissues, healing wounds, and maintaining muscle mass. But both aging and obesity ...

Now is the time to invest in nature to make our country more resilient – to restore nature at scale, clean up our rivers and start regenerating our soils. Unquestionably to my mind, the sustainable, ...

There is a powerful movement of environmental advocacy spanning coast-to-coast with roots in southern California. Nearly a decade ago, a group of parents in Irvine brought organic land care to ...