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Researchers redefine the lost art of smelling illness using one woman’s exquisitely sensitive nose.

A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.

Alysson Muotri launched brain organoids into outer space and found that microgravity enriches our understanding of brain development and disease.

In individual yeast cells, essential biosynthetic processes peak at different times in the cell cycle, revealing a temporal dynamic once thought limited to DNA synthesis.

Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.

In Los Cabos, Mexico, a panga boat captain and a deep sea fishing enthusiast support researchers working to explain declines in Pacific fish populations.

Ana Teresa Freitas discussed how individual variation in vitamin D synthesis and metabolism influences susceptibility to upper respiratory viruses.

A moonlit drive inspired the theory behind PCR. What did it take to make that wild idea reality?

Endonuclease R changed Richard Roberts’ career trajectory and created an industry.

A subset of hypothalamic neurons mirrors aggression in mice, challenging previous views on the location and functional role of these cells.

Male patients who recover from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges than female patients.

Animal cells cannot produce 9 of the 20 amino acids they need to function. Some researchers are looking to change that.