Have you ever watched a planted strawberry pot daily as fruit grew, awaiting the perfect moment of red ripeness — only to have a big bite of it disappear, taken by a bird or turtle, or have it ...

This valuable study identifies a novel regulator of stress-induced gene quiescence in C. elegans: the multi-Zinc-finger protein ZNF-236. The work provides evidence for an active mechanism that ...

Paleontologists may have uncovered the traces of a dinosaur that may have been limping, thanks to fossilized footprints preserved in stone for over 150 million years. In a Nov. 25 press release from ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature. Chromosomes are thread-like structures that carry a cell's ...

Photograph of a floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor. Recycling gases through this floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition reactor offers a more efficient route to making carbon ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition, and ...