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Scientists explore how unicellular aquatic organisms could help humanity exist more sustainably.

Cells send electrical impulses throughout the body, but electrophysiologists struggled to tune into these signals until the patch clamp technique was developed.

Shapeshifting proteins challenge a long-standing maxim in biology.

Molecular neurobiologist Julie Moreno explores the consequences of protein misfolding in the brain.

For years, neuroscience research overlooked female subjects, creating a significant bias. Today, researchers actively rebalance the scales with more inclusive and diverse studies.

In the middle of the 20th century, science disciplines collided and set the stage for a technology that changed cell research.

Two decades ago, Caroline Gargett identified adult stem cells in the endometrium. Now, she explores their functions to improve women’s health.

Leveraging the versatility of stem cells allows researchers to advance science across multiple disciplines.

University of Amsterdam researchers claimed the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studying polymers by racing inebriated and sober worms through a chromatography maze.

By postnatally providing a transcription factor important for brain development, researchers fixed abnormalities generated in utero in mice.

Clusters of epithelial cells migrate at different speeds depending on their layout, with single-file assemblies making the fastest journeys.

Tiny but mighty, the mitochondria continue to surprise scientists with new insights into their diverse roles within cells.