A Scripps team has adapted advanced imaging and computation to measure cell membrane thickness inside intact animal and yeast ...

Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

Navigating the world is no mean feat, especially when the world pushes back. For instance, airflow hitting a fly on its right ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - The lead investigator for a National Science Foundation-funded grant is on a hunt, seeking to unlock clues dating back millions of years to better ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Every cell in an animal's body carries the same DNA. Yet that single genetic blueprint somehow produces neurons that fire, muscles that contract, and tissues with entirely different jobs. How ...

In a world first that challenges what we thought we knew about biology, scientists have successfully engineered animal cells that can photosynthesize. The breakthrough promises to revolutionize ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...