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Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new light on these decorative structures.

By profiling over 16 million immune cells from people aged 22 to 65 after flu vaccination, scientists discovered that memory T cell function changes with age.

New broad-spectrum antivenom, made up of just eight nanobodies to counter venom from diverse sub-Saharan African snake species, shows success in mice.

Although the clocks on people’s walls change twice a year, the clock running the body doesn’t adapt as fast.

Treating mice with a molecule that rescued autophagy and balanced neuronal excitability reduced pain behaviors, offering a potential new therapeutic path.

Female mosquitoes dictate mating through a precise genital lock-and-key design, but some species can bypass it, informing future mosquito control programs.

The blood of people exposed to PFAS-contaminated water predominantly consisted of ultrashort-, not long-chain, molecules commonly associated with health hazards.

A long-term primate study suggests vitamin C may slow ovarian aging by reactivating antioxidant defenses—though fertility effects remain untested.

This postdoc integrates genetics, physiology, and neurobiology to address fundamental questions about how the brain adapts during aging.

This postdoc investigates how transcriptomic and epigenetic pathways regulate immune cell function to inform next-generation cancer therapies.

If journals reject papers due to review shortages, the peer review process itself becomes compromised.

Researchers showed that large motor neurons face high metabolic stress, making them more prone to degeneration. Reducing this burden could lead to new ALS therapies.