In football, defense keeps the opposing team in check. A similar strategy is at play inside our cells. Negative feedback loops (NFLs) help regulate how cells respond to signals, for example, dialing ...

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke Even worse: some of these laws go back decades with little to no effort to improve ...

In the study of human impact on the environment, there are few negative or stabilizing feedbacks on climate change. A team of international scientists, including Professor Tim Quine from the ...