Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...

A healthy brain balances “activate” and “inhibit” signaling in its neural microcircuitry, with the inhibitory signaling often provided by cell receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA.   Unexpected ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to heightened public interest in learning about viruses and how they can cause diseases. There has ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Two Molecular and Cellular Biology professors, Takao K. Hensch ’88 and Catherine Dulac, received prestigious international awards for their neuroscience research this fall.

Transformative technologies that drive growth and jobs will benefit from new investment by the government’s national research ...

AlphaFold 3 can predict protein structures and interactions, and now researchers around the world can use it freely.

Imposing boundaries in science or assuming that only a particular branch of science can deal with a problem would be akin to ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

A healthy oral microbiome, a community of microorganisms live in the mouth, plays an important role in aiding in the ...

It’s not just the cold and Christmas cookies. Here’s the biology of why winter makes people sleepier, hungrier, and even ...