The recently discovered long noncoding RNAs seem to boost the production of specific proteins in the cell by interacting with RNA-binding proteins, researchers find.

Gamma delta T cells in the meninges of the brain release a cell signaling molecule that does more than protect mice from microbial pathogens.

See the winners of the American Society for Cell Biology’s fluorescence imaging competition.

Green fluorescent protein lures algal symbionts to corals.

The scientific community said goodbye to a number of leading researchers this year.

The protein RhoA coordinates pulses of movement in Caenorhabditis elegans cells.

The 90-year-old marine biologist won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein.

Tagging proteins with GFP-grabbing nanobodies enables instant tracking of the proteins’ dynamics in live cells.

How GFP-grabbing nanobodies enable instant tracking of protein dynamics in live cells.

This year’s list of winners celebrates both large leaps and small (but important) steps in life science technology.

One of the pioneers in developing fluorescent proteins for biological studies was 64 years old.

A versatile modular strategy for detecting small molecules in eukaryotes

Researchers build a microfluidics system to create proteins without living cells.

Whole-animal, light-based imaging of infected small mammals

Light microscopy techniques that spotlight neural connections in the brain

The first researcher to clone the gene for green fluorescent protein, but who was passed over for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is back in academic science.

Imaging viruses in action

A novel reporter system can track the ever-changing levels of the plant signal auxin with great precision.

How to track RNA in living cells