Biology

by Harrison Ngue Cancer is one of the world’s deadliest diseases, causing nearly 10 million deaths worldwide annually. It begins when cells in the body grow and divide uncontrollably, forming tumors that invade tissues and disrupt normal body…

A group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley has mapped out the evolution of Neanderthal DNA over the last 40,000 years

By studying our closest single-celled relatives, scientists find that proteins important for stem cell pluripotency existed before the evolutionary jump to multicellularity.

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius violently erupted and buried the city of Pompeii under ash, preserving the city and many of the volcano’s victims. In the 1700s, when archaeologists discovered the ruins at Pompeii, they filled empty cavities left by the…

By expanding beyond the normal dictionary, researchers at Scripps University have created a portable system for creating proteins with unnatural amino acids

by Stephan Foianini figures by Gracyn Mose When you think of a beehive, what comes to mind? You may imagine an industrial factory with countless bees toiling away, tirelessly collecting and processing honey. However, what if I told you that a…

Using a data set of over 10,000 people with Raynaud syndrome, scientists have identified genes underlying the biology of the cardiovascular condition.

What defines sex determination? Sex-changing fish enrich the picture.

A new study in mice shows that sleep deprivation reduces diversity in the types of neurons that make up specific regions of the brain.

Researchers discover a previously unappreciated role of sensory nerves in detecting pathogens and boosting the immune response required for viral clearance.