In this video I invite you to play a quick holiday guessing game with me using my digital microscope. I zoom way in on three festive objects and you have to figure out what they are before I reveal ...

Study in fruit flies reveals how actin filaments and microtubules coordinate their growth during oogenesis. This dynamic interaction creates the structural framework needed to move organelles and ...

At the edge of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier, a bright red stream pours out onto stark white ice, looking uncannily like blood. Known as Blood Falls, this phenomenon has unsettled explorers and puzzled ...

Whether it is a malaria parasite invading a cell, or the misfolding of proteins in the brain in Alzheimer's, understanding how a disease starts and ...

Spatial omics is a new generation of technologies that allow scientists to study cells in their original location within tissues (without isolating or moving them from their environment). Just as a ...

A novel HIV vaccine candidate induces neutralising antibodies after a single dose in primates, potentially accelerating HIV prevention.

A common iron mineral hiding in soil turns out to be far better at trapping carbon than scientists realized. Its surface ...

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.

With an exciting breakthrough and an ERC Proof of Concept grant in the pocket, Full Professor Ilja Voets reports promising ...

Billions of sea stars — victims of a deadly wasting illness — have perished over the last decade, imperiling marine ...

“What we can say, based on all of those new analyses, is that it’s so different from any modern group we have,” said Corentin ...

Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these added golden years are not spent in good health. Aging is a natural part of ...