An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process ...

For centuries, homing pigeons have amazed people with their ability to return home across vast distances. Even when released ...

Beneath every farm field, garden bed, and forest floor, a hidden population dwarfs the roughly eight billion people alive on ...

The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has received a $1.8 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) to address a critical gap in Parkinson's research – the limited ...

A new study introduces affordable HySIL lens technology and modular devices that deliver high-resolution 3D tissue imaging.

A team led by Raju Tomer, professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, has created a new design for microscopes ...

Researchers in the lab of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Xing Wang have discovered the influential role of ...

Yeast’s emergence as a model organism reshaped scientific discovery in cell biology, genetics, and more.

Scientists found that aging may begin with a hidden cellular remodel that could help drive disease later in life.

Study shows how cells employ a universal strategy, reliant on TRIM21, to redirect its autophagy machinery to any harmful material tagged with antibodies.

Scientists at Université de Montréal's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) have identified a dynamic structure that forms a network on the surface of epithelial cells. Led by ...

Embryonic development is one of the most dynamic biological processes in nature. Cells and tissues organize and reorganize ...