The so-called String of Pearls strategy, a metaphor coined in Western policy circles in the early 2000s, is far more than a shipping map. It’s Beijing’s blueprint for a chain of naval and port ...

Along Omaha’s entrance on Abbott Drive, the city’s effort to spruce up the area stands out. Red decorative towers hail the entrance as the city skyline reaches over treetops, shrubbery and flowers ...

Library patrons taking the stairs from the lower level of the garage to the main floor of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center can take a close look at the recently installed "String of Pearls" ...

When little English Soprano Maggie Teyte first got the idea of doing a new version of Gounod’s Faust, she had Hitler in mind: “I wanted to show how Hitler, too, was a Mephistopheles, pulling wires and ...

Unlike many luxury brands, Magnolia Pearl never paid for product placements or influencers. Yet the Texas brand’s aesthetic effortlessly captures global attention. When Taylor Swift dropped folklore ...

Senecio rowleyanus, or 'String of Pearls,' is a unique and stunning succulent. Learn how to care for it and keep it thriving with easy-to-follow tips for healthy growth. Mark Carney says Canadians ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare group of five dwarf galaxies located relatively close to Earth; these galaxies exist in a near-perfect alignment, resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky.

In a study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals from cell to cell ...

In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit electrical signals ...

For more than a century, axons — the slender arms of brain cells — have been depicted as uniform tubes. These structures are responsible for transmitting information across neurons. But new research ...

Summary: A new study challenges the long-held belief that axons, brain cell extensions, are tube-like, revealing instead a “pearl-on-a-string” structure. Using advanced freezing electron microscopy, ...