For nearly a century, biologists have relied on a simple rule to predict how microbes grow when food is scarce, a rule that ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Researchers have developed new drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and burn more calories.

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Scientists have developed an experimental way to study how human embryos implant in a uterus, which may provide new insights into why miscarriages occur and how they can be prevented.

Scientists at MIT and Stanford have unveiled a promising new way to help the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells ...

Scientists are no longer just cataloging the damage that comes with age, they are starting to rewire the machinery inside ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids but ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

Ribosomes—the tiny factories that build proteins in our cells—don't all work with the same efficiency. Researchers from Japan ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...