It’s Like Science Wordle
Welcome to Words for Nerds, our popular and addictive daily science word game. Think of it as science Wordle—a guessing jumble for every nerd, especially the busy life scientist looking to get a little break from the rigors of research.
The rules are simple:You have six chances to guess either a five-letter or six-letter (see “Hard Mode” under the settings wheel) science-related word. If a letter you input turns green it means you’ve placed the correct letter in that position. If it turns orange, that letter is in the word but in a different position. Gray letters are not in that day’s puzzle. Play Words for Nerds every day and share your score with your friends, colleagues, mentees, or social followers.
Latest
A Protein That Converts Fat-Storing Cells into Calorie-Burning Cells
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 6, 2025 | 3 min read
Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases.
The Era of Organoids: Disease Modeling, Developmental Research, and Drug Response Prediction
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | Jan 4, 2025 | 5 min read
Acting as mini organs in a dish, organoids fuel diverse research areas, from cancer to evolutionary biology.
Exerkines: Molecular Messengers That Mediate Exercise Effects
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 3, 2025 | 6 min read
How does exercise benefit health? Molecules called exerkines partly regulate its effects and provide therapeutic targets to mimic the benefits of exercise.
Artificial Blood Vessels Help Scientists Study Deadly Snakebites
Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, PhD | Jan 3, 2025 | 3 min read
Venoms from four different snake species work differently to disrupt blood vessels.
Vitamin K Precursor Takes On Prostate Cancer
Laura Tran, PhD | Jan 2, 2025 | 5 min read
Long focused on antioxidants, researchers are now exploring a new route to combat prostate cancer: pro-oxidants.
Targeting Mosquito Spit Could Stop Parasites in Their Tracks
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jan 1, 2025 | 5 min read
A protein found in the saliva of Anopheles gambiae stopped blood from clotting in the insects’ stomachs and aided parasite transmission.
Uncovering the Unexpected: Developing a Novel Anti-Tau Therapy
Charlene Lancaster, PhD | Dec 31, 2024 | 4 min read
Ke Hou generated a compound that prevents tau aggregation in the murine brain, but the potential Alzheimer’s disease therapy also had a surprising property.
Building Bacterial Drug Factories
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Dec 30, 2024 | 3 min read
Drug-manufacturing bacteria can provide a more targeted approach to treat gut diseases.
A Nanoparticle Approach to Treat Torn Tendons
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Dec 29, 2024 | 4 min read
Alayna Loiselle has found a way to bring therapeutics straight to an injured tendon.
Great Anticancer Potential Comes in a Small Package
Niki Spahich, PhD | Dec 28, 2024 | 4 min read
Jingjing Sun developed a novel, ultra-small nanocarrier that actively targets tumor cells.