There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or ...

Researchers from the University of Konstanz have studied how insect brains take in complex light stimuli and process them in ...

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic Far Side comic entitled Cow Tools. In it, a cow stands proudly beside ...

A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer progression and its ability to evolve resistance to treatment, Memorial ...

Cancer evolves through layers of change: mutations in DNA, shifts in gene regulation, altered cell behaviour, and dynamic ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

A new kind of microscope is giving scientists a way to watch life inside cells with a clarity that feels almost unfair.

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Cells spend energy not just on reactions, but on control. New research explains why staying stable comes with an unseen ...

Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...