Worm towers– sometimes called swarms– “were kind of just whispered about in the worm community,” says Ding. Previously, there were anecdotal reports and documented observations of these multi-nematode ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

Australian researchers are turning to nature for the next computing revolution, harnessing living cells and biological ...

Life on Earth blooms with wild ingenuity. From phosphorescent fungi feeding in the undergrowth to chameleons flicking tongues ...

With co-lead Professor Thomas Carew and colleagues, Kukushkin carried out experiments in the lab using two immortalized human ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells.

Synthetic biology is reshaping how we approach therapeutics. Using engineering principles in biology, it is possible to “rewire” cells by reconstructing the underlying biological code to create new ...

Our cells have a variety of ways to sense mechanical forces ... in which physical forces cause biological responses. Reporting in Communications Biology, scientists have found that acoustic pressure ...

The transfer of this principle to artificial cells is a challenge in synthetic biology. Advances in DNA nanotechnology now offer promising solutions. They allow the creation of novel transport ...

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In a recent perspective article published in the journal Nature Communications, over 30 scientists from around the world discussed the action plans and principles of the global scientific ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions.