Biology

The idea that every adult needs exactly eight hours of sleep has become one of modern wellness culture’s most durable...

A new study has revealed that the epigenetic regulator PRC2 performs different, stage-specific jobs during the earliest phases of mammalian...

Tropical forests may be able to return naturally across millions of square kilometres of degraded land, offering a powerful but...

Alzheimer’s disease has long been described through the lens of neurons: the loss of synapses, the accumulation of amyloid-β plaques,...

Regulatory T cells, commonly known as Treg cells, are the immune system’s essential peacekeepers. They suppress excessive immune reactions, limit...

Spatial biology has promised a more complete view of how cells behave inside tissues, but that promise has often come...

The nucleus is often portrayed as a fortress, sealed off from the rest of the cell by a protective membrane....

Twenty years after scientists first demonstrated that a mature cell could be pushed backward into a stem-cell-like state, induced pluripotent...

The scientific record surrounding a study on a microbial iron-chelating compound and peanut productivity has been reset after the publication...

Virginia Tech researchers have uncovered new evidence that black bear hibernation is governed by a complex interaction between temperature, daylight,...

A previously unrecognized layer of genome organization has been identified in the mammalian brain, where exceptionally long genes and the...

Scientists have identified a molecular organizer that helps connect distant regulatory regions of the genome with the genes they control,...

A Hidden Climate Threat Is Putting Range-Shifting Species at Greater Risk of Extinction Species are moving as the climate changes,...

Crohn’s disease is often described as an immune disorder, but a new study suggests that the cells forming the body’s...

Researchers have introduced a synthetic “cell” platform designed to do something conventional biomaterials and biochemical assays have struggled to achieve:...

A new study reports that mammalian eggs do not simply contain a passive mixture of proteins waiting for fertilization. Instead,...

Wind turbines may soon have a new way to warn eagles and other large birds before they enter the most...

Cancer cells may be able to reprogram more than gene activity and signaling networks. A study led by researchers at...

A long-term study of young survivors of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage has found that the risk of developing a new brain...

Soil bacteria may be far less self-sufficient than scientists have traditionally assumed. A large study of nearly 7,000 bacterial isolates...