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Neuronal precursors are partially dismantled during early development before they find their fate.  

A marine bacterium generates contractile structures that are essential for the metamorphosis of a tubeworm.

Researchers create a nature-inspired nontoxic polymer that, when activated by light, becomes tacky and can seal ruptured, torn blood vessels and patch up holes in a pig heart.

Fossilized skin reveals the colors of three extinct marine reptiles

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

During the construction of an early neural circuit in tadpoles, synapses seem to form between neurons based on proximity rather than identification.

How a growing partnership between oncologists and mathematicians is moving research forward.

Rewriting the genetic code can lead to a better understanding of how living cells work, and spawn new biotechnological applications.

A collection of colorful drawings compiled by publisher Louis Renard sheds light on eighteenth-century science.

Professor, Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Age: 36

By digging through dusty storerooms and reading dead people’s mail, science historian and philosopher Michael Dietrich keeps biologists attuned to the past and mindful of the present.

In a newly identified tropism, plant roots steer clear of salinity.