Veterinary researchers have used organoids—three-dimensional organ-like structures grown from stem cells and tissue samples—to investigate the biological processes of lung...
Redwoods and oaks that thrive on California’s coastline and coastal mountains might soon start finding it harder to survive. Human-caused...
One of the most impressive and mysterious natural formations that we can observe in the arid areas of our planet...
Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria—that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria, helping them...
Endocytosis is an important cellular process through which cells internalize substances such as water and nutrients. These substances are first...
To make a gene-editing tool more precise and easier to control, Rice University engineers split it into two pieces that...
Mussels are among the ultimate superfoods, high in vitamin B12, omega-3 and great for the heart. Now, new research shows...
In order to keep track of their environment, cells use cilia, antenna-like structures that can sense a variety of stimuli,...
While the average lifespan of North America’s largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could...
The Red Sea’s spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn—the mass death of sea urchins that may...
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of...
In a new study in mice, a team of researchers from UCLA, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Harvard...
