Biology

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...

A new study in Arabidopsis thaliana has identified the polymerase-associated factor 1 complex, or PAF1C, as a central component of...

A gut bacterium that shortens the lifespan of honeybees may nevertheless help them survive a potentially lethal infection. Researchers have...

Tryptophan, the amino acid best known as a building block for serotonin, may be far more deeply involved in female...

Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen responsible for difficult-to-control outbreaks in hospitals worldwide, appears to make a strategic decision before...

For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins...

Pregnancy Is a High-Stakes Biological Trial, and Loss Is Its Most Common Outcome Pregnancy is often described as a predictable...

Dengue prevention research has expanded dramatically across the world, yet the evidence most needed by health authorities remains difficult to...

Influenza A virus (IAV) may target the lung’s most vulnerable cells not because they allow the virus to enter more...

Perianal diseases, including hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and anal fistulas, affect millions of people and are often attributed to constipation, straining,...

Myopia correction has long been framed as a choice between permanence and flexibility: laser surgery can reduce or eliminate dependence...

Minimally invasive laryngeal surgery is entering a new phase in which the central goal is no longer simply to remove...