Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater...
A brand-new engineering approach to generate “designer” biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University’s Ren...
When model cell membranes bind to biomaterials, it is not the binding strength but the speed of the receptors in...
Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia’s Boodjamulla National Park. The ground-dwelling species—Menura tyawanoides—is...
Scientists observing from boats knew little of the underwater behavior of the world’s smallest marine dolphin, the Hector’s dolphin. Now,...
Scientists have uncovered how the plant hormone auxin helps roots bend and downwards towards gravity—a process called gravitropism—even after encountering...
The story of the princess and the pea evokes an image of a highly sensitive young royal woman so refined,...
More than a decade ago at UT Southwestern, scientist Steven McKnight chased a compound that turns stem cells into beating...
Traces of DNA in the environment can tell us how species’ ranges are changing as a result of increasing sea...
A new study has found that independent palm oil farmers in Indonesia are being unintentionally left out of supply chains...
Until now, most microbial cultivation efforts focused on fast-growing organisms that grow in nutrient-rich media. This has left many of...
From the mighty blue whale to the humble baker’s yeast, scientists have barely begun to understand the vast genetic diversity...
