Articles by Nicoletta Lanese

Cable bacteria can live in stirred-up sediments by associating with structures built by Chaetopterus variopedatus.

MRI scans from more than 800 incarcerated men pinpoint distinct structural features of people who have committed homicide, compared with those who carried out other crimes.

The Yale biologist says that organisms’ behavior, physiology, and morphology engage in a constant “evolutionary dance.”

How bacterial filaments ferry electrons through marine sediment

The Francis Crick Institute neurobiologist aims to learn how physiological states, such as hunger, alter information processing in the brain.

A new method helps neural stem cells form synaptic connections, thereby restoring lost brain function.

A new tool helps stem cells integrate with host neural circuitry after implantation in mice.

Owner Huang Yu dug up his deceased cat to give its cells to the pet-cloning company Sinogene.

Scientists traced 1,000 neurons through the mouse brain, uncovering new details about how the organ is wired.

In light of recent reports of electronic-cigarette–related illness and death, UNC Chapel Hill professor Robert Tarran discusses the dangerous effects of e-liquids on the lungs.

The birds also decrease their heart rate and chill their blood to maintain flight in hypoxic conditions.

Scientists injected unfertilized anole lizard eggs with CRISPR-Cas9 to produce albino offspring.

Scientists engineered a new material that could be developed for use in treating tooth decay.

The federal government cautions that the drug can affect brain development in both teens and fetuses.

Genetic material from the chikungunya virus remains in mouse cells after infection and may be linked to later joint pain.