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Bats pollinate plants and control insects but also transmit diseases to humans. Researchers investigate ways to prevent viral spread.

With a passion for systems biology and multi-omics integration, this postdoc is turning datasets into narratives that uncover hidden mechanisms of disease.

Gene expression snapshots paint an incomplete picture of development. By tracking cell shape changes in live tissues, scientists may fill in the missing pieces.

Profiles of more than 2,500 people’s gut microbiomes revealed that the longer people took certain drugs, the larger the effect on their microbiome.

Twenty years into the Psychedelic Renaissance, neuroscientists still struggle to understand how psychedelics work and how to rectify misconceptions about these drugs.

Lost and then recovered blood supply when limbs get compressed causes nerves to go haywire.

By spreading out tightly packed information in neural networks, a new set of tools could make AI protein models easier to understand. 

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug development with RNA-based therapies.

Short peptides can self-assemble into net-like structures that kill bacteria. Now, researchers have discovered how to control and enhance this ability.

A new study recasts placental implantation as “coopetition,” showing how maternal and fetal cells both resist and enable invasion, with clues to pregnancy health.

A single-dose chlamydia vaccine could help koala populations bounce back from the devastating disease, preventing them from becoming functionally extinct.

Circulating tumor cells allow researchers to detect cancer early, provide an accurate prognosis, monitor progression, and inform personalized medicine.