How do primates, including humans, tell faces apart? Scientists have long attributed this ability to so-called “face-detector” (FD) neurons, thought...

Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce,...

New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated...

Imagine that it is possible, through a tiny adhesive electronic stamp attached to the arm, to know in real time...

Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, which requires both flexibility and mechanical strength, the researchers investigated a new...

Scientists and engineers have made a breakthrough in cell transplantation using a gel-like biomaterial that keeps cells alive and helps...

Aging is a complex biological process which is accompanied by an increasing number of toxic protein aggregates in the cells....

One of developmental biology's most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferentiated cells into tremendously complex organisms, a...

Decorating the outside of cells like tiny antenna, a diverse community of sugar molecules acts like a telecommunications system, sending...

Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive feelings, while getting in a...

A 'leg bank' -- providing life-changing prostheses to low-income people who have lost limbs -- is being developed by a...

Diagnosing a heart attack can require multiple tests using expensive equipment. But not everyone has access to such techniques, especially...

For the last decade, scientists have deployed increasingly capable underwater robots to map and monitor pockets of the ocean to...

The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing problem in the United States and the world. New findings by researchers...

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and...

A research team led by UC Berkeley engineers has developed a new smartphone microscope that uses video to automatically detect...

Washington State University researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from a common black fungus found in decaying...

Researchers studying how the brain makes decisions have, for the first time, recorded the moment-by-moment fluctuations in brain signals that...

The effectiveness of cancer vaccines could be dramatically boosted by first loading the cancer antigens into silicon microparticles, report scientists...

Just one well-placed slice into a particularly pungent onion can send even the most seasoned chef running for a box...