Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) and National Institute for Basic Biology have developed a new method ...
After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...
The obsession with naturally pink lips ignores basic biology. Dermatologist Dr Aanchal Panth says melanin determines lip ...
Dragonflies can see deep red light using a mammal-like mechanism, revealing a surprising case of parallel evolution.
AACR chairs Paul Mischel and Alice Shaw shared insights with GEN on the key themes shaping this year’s program.
A single alien world can be misleading. A strange gas in an atmosphere might look promising, then turn out to come from ...
In recent decades, the zebrafish has become one of the most valuable model organisms in scientific research. For a variety of ...
Scientists find many animals communicate at the same rhythm, suggesting brains may be tuned to a shared processing pace.
Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology.
Leucine-rich repeat-containing 8A (LRRC8A) is a ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein that functions as the essential ...
In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill.