After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...

Spiders are among Earth’s most resourceful predators, nabbing prey by any means necessary. Orb weavers spin webs for capture.

What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated ...

A new study from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), in collaboration with Uppsala University (Sweden) and AstraZeneca, shows how computational chemistry and supercomputers can help scientists ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) and collaborators have identified genetic pathways and compounds capable of protecting cone ...

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialling back cell development can safely ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” tells the story of an ordinary African-American woman whose cells were taken without ...

Scientists have developed a new class of microscopic antibody fragments capable of functioning inside human cells, overcoming a long-standing limitation in biomedical science.

In a demonstration that could help pave the way for gene therapies with fewer side effects, several human cell types have ...