Cells behave like cities and organelles carry out infrastructural roles: Mitochondria are powerhouses, the endoplasmic reticulum serves as a transport hub and lysosomes help with waste disposal.
Communication between different…

Cells behave like cities and organelles carry out infrastructural roles: Mitochondria are powerhouses, the endoplasmic reticulum serves as a transport hub and lysosomes help with waste disposal.
Communication between different…

Researchers have given a newly identified Australian tree species an unusual nickname. Scientists call it the “zombie” tree because, although some individuals are still alive, the species is unable to grow and reproduce normally without major…

Snakes are depicted as slithering around on the ground. But the snake behavior that humans find even more alarming is when they raise body parts off the ground in strike poses or climbing stances. A recent study in Journal of the Royal Society…

How can AI be used to improve weather science? This is what an upcoming study due to be presented at The 14th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026) hopes to address as a team of…

A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions such as cerebral paralysis and multiple sclerosis (MS). The…

An international team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in the production of doxorubicin, a vital chemotherapy agent. The study identifies and resolves molecular “bottlenecks” that have limited the natural production of…

How are patients substituting traditional painkillers for cannabidiol (CBD) to manage their diseases? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Public Health and was funded by the National…

For their discovery of genomic imprinting, developmental biologists Davor Solter and Azim Surani will receive the 2026 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, endowed with €120,000, on March 14 at Frankfurt’s Paulskirche….

A small metabolic tweak may unlock the full potential of RNA medicines. Lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, are best known as the delivery system used in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines given to billions of people worldwide. Scientists are now exploring…

A new study from Scripps Research reveals how a key touch-sensing protein detects mechanical forces with remarkable precision. Each time something lightly presses against your skin, specialized sensory neurons translate that mechanical force into…