Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, John Wallingford, makes his living using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to watch developmental events unfold in real time.
Scientists hope an understanding of nerve fibers responsive only to gentle touch will give insight into the role the sense plays in social bonding.
Stem cells collected from younger donors are more effective for transplantation and regenerative medicine than those from older individuals.
The DNA forms known as G-quadruplexes are finally discovered in human cells.
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
On the 10th anniversary of The Scientist’s survey of life science academics, institutions are contending with tighter budgets and larger administrative staffs, while working to sustain and inspire their researchers.
The first full computer model of a single-celled organism mimics the bacterium’s behaviors and paves the way to more complete disease models.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
A bacterial protein refolds itself into two dramatically different shapes with distinct roles.
Peptides extracted from scorpion venom fights off drug-resistant bacterial infections in mice.